Dwight Lamar Bush Sr. (born February 4, 1957) is an American businessman who was the United States Ambassador to Morocco from 2014 to 2017.
[2] He has credited Cornell's noted history professor Walter LaFeber, among others at the university, for sparking his interest in world affairs.
[2] There he worked in corporate banking with an emphasis by choice on matters involving international scope;[3] his assignments took him to Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia.
[5] She is a communications law specialist who is executive vice president and global head of government affairs for News Corp.[8] A cousin of Valerie Jarrett, a close aide to President Barack Obama, and a step-daughter of Vernon Jordan, a long-time influential figure, Antoinette Cook Bush has well-developed social and business ties in Washington.
[11] At the time some fifty ambassadorial appointments were being held up for long delays before confirmation, due to frictions between Obama and the Republican-controlled Senate.
In a January 2016 interview, Bush said he was optimistic about the future of Morocco, because of its open business climate and due to it being a "moderate, progressive Islamic state ... [that] from a political perspective ... has been ahead of many others in the region.