1.   The demotion of Culture and Sports Minister Girma Yilma to an ambassadorial post was announced by Mengistu in June.

2.   At this point, most major ambassadorial posts already have been offered to potential nominees, officials said.

3.   Conzemius said she is looking forward to having the ambassadorial post filled.

4.   Had Flynn simply left his ambassadorial post to take a job in the private sector, his drinking habits would likely have remained private, despite their public nature.

5.   He held another press conference Monday to announce he was resigning from his governorship so he could focus on lobbying for the ambassadorial post.

6.   Hormel was joined by nominees to ambassadorial posts to countries such as Portugal, Croatia, Malta and Sweden.

7.   It was then that he wrote to Juppe in the Foreign Ministry asking if there was an ambassadorial post he could have.

8.   Kostikov submitted a letter of resignation from his ambassadorial post, which has yet to be accepted.

9.   On Monday, Weld held another news conference to announce he was resigning as governor to pursue the ambassadorial post, despite long odds.

10.   The committee is charged with confirming presidential appointees to ambassadorial posts and courtesy calls from potential candidates are common.