Pat McFadden says the government wants British Ambassador to the USA Dame Karen Pierce to “carry on doing the excellent job that she's doing." The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster insists Dame Karen is "highly respected on both sides of the aisle in Washington" but wouldn’t be drawn on whether her tenure will be extended. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Karen Pearce, our ambassador to the United States, is doing a fantastic job.
00:06She's done a great job in recent years.
00:07I think she's going to be a really important interlocutor between the UK government and
00:13the US administration, particularly during this period of transition.
00:16So we want her to carry on doing the excellent job that she's doing.
00:20I can't put an end date on it, but she's in a very important position now.
00:23She's highly respected on both sides of the aisle in Washington.
00:27That takes skill in a divided country.
00:29She's shown a lot of skill and she's doing a great job for our country.