United States Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy

The role of the envoy is to "engage directly with senior European, Central Asian, Russian and other political and business leaders to support the continued development and diversification of the energy sector.

In February 2008, responding to questions on the issue at a briefing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reaffirmed that the State Department was looking to appoint a special energy coordinator for the Central Asian and Caspian region.

[5] The delegation also included Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne E. Derse and Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman.

He led the United States delegation to the energy conference in Sofia on April 24 and 25, 2009.

[6] On July 13, 2009, Morningstar represented the United States at the signing ceremony of the intergovernmental agreement of the Nabucco pipeline.