Lessons from a diplomat

Towson magazine, winter 2008: This was a fascinating assignment about Michael Ranneberger, a 1971 Towson University graduate and the United States' ambassador to Kenya. Here's a blurb:

He has spent most of the past 30 years on foreign soil, in some of the most inhospitable places on earth. He has helped broker peace in war-torn countries and brought a hint of democracy to places where leaders have ruled absolutely.

Michael Ranneberger's heart, though, has never left the United States.

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