President Barack Obama plans to nominate the first U.S. ambassador to Somalia in more than two decades , a top State Department official said Tuesday . State Dept . official : " I'm not sure what you're talking about, but we have a lot of people in the US who are very concerned that this is going to be used against them U.S. has no immediate plans to open an embassy ; the ambassador would work from Kenya . U.S. closed its embassy in Mogadishu in 1991 , but has maintained diplomatic relations .
State Dept . official : " I'm not sure what you're talking about, but we have a lot of people in the US who are very concerned that this is going to be used against them U.S. has no immediate plans to open an embassy ; the ambassador would work from Kenya . U.S. closed its embassy in Mogadishu in 1991 , but has maintained diplomatic relations .