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William R. Rivkin
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “us diplomat”. Today it says “united states diplomat who served as ambassador to luxembourg”.
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Rivkin , 1919 - 1967 , was a US diplomat .1 He served as Ambassador to Luxembourg under President John F. Kennedy , and to Senegal , and The Gambia . Johnson .The annual Rivkin award of the Foreign Service is presented in his honour. His son, Charles Rivkin , is the current United States Ambassador to France .2
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us diplomat
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united states diplomat who served as ambassador to luxembourg
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