Following his return to Washington in 1993, he then served as Senior Coordinator and Ambassador at Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States, before being named Ambassador to Russia by President Bill Clinton in 1997.
1993年回到华盛顿之后，他担任高级协调员和大使以及新独立国家国务秘书的特别顾问，后来于1997年被比尔·克林顿总统任命为驻俄大使。