"He was with the ambassador in his office, not far from the front of the building."
"Let me talk with our new ambassador for a moment."
The foreign secretary had already met with the American ambassador.
The Secretary herself spoke to it last week when she met with the new ambassador here.
He resolved for the moment to tell no one of his five minutes with the ambassador.
Both she and I have significant past history with the ambassador.
That is something we can take up with their ambassador later.
Oh, but how he would have loved to speak longer with the legendary ambassador!
I also know about your deal with the French ambassador.
"They were running around the world without clearing their operations with the ambassador or the chief of station."