Matthew Bryza retires from government service

Former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza has retired from government service and is currently living in Istanbul, where he works at a bank, Turan reports.

President Barack Obama in late 2010 appointed a career diplomat, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza, as ambassador to Azerbaijan, bypassing the Senate, which for several months was blocking his nomination under pressure from pro-Armenian senators Barbara Boxer and Robert Menendez. In late December 2011 Bryza ended his mission in Azerbaijan and left for the U.S, after the Senate failed to confirm his nomination.