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ralph frank james foley george w. bush barack obama united states ambassador to croatia 1949 july 7 , 2006 robert a bradtke.jpg robert bradtke
 july 13 , 2009 robert bradtke university virginia of notre dame johns hopkins university university of
robert bradtke

robert anthony bradtke is a career u.s. foreign service officer and ambassador .
he is the former u.s. ambassador to croatia and osce minsk group 's us co-chair .
president george w. bush nominated bradtke as u.s. ambassador to croatia in 2006 .
on july 7 , 2006 , bradtke presented his diplomatic credentials to croatian president stjepan mesić and took over in the american embassy in zagreb ; bradtke had previously served in zagreb when it was part of yugoslavia .
in addition to croatian , bradtke also speaks french , german , russian , and italian .
