Thomas Rose has been sworn in at the U.S. Department of State as the new U.S. Ambassador to Poland, the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw announced.
Rose, whose nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week, took his oath of office at the State Department on Tuesday.
“We extend our congratulations to Ambassador-designate Rose, who is now preparing to represent the President of the United States in strengthening the U.S.-Polish alliance with one of our closest and most trusted partners,”
the embassy wrote on X.
President Trump nominated Rose as the new U.S. Ambassador to Poland in February. In September, he received the endorsement of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, although not a single Democratic senator voted in favor of his nomination. This was the committee’s second vote on Trump’s nominee; the first, held in late July, produced the same result but had to be repeated due to procedural oversights.
Tom Rose is a conservative columnist and radio commentator, as well as a former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence. Before his nomination, he co-hosted the Bauer & Rose Show radio program.
From 1997 to 2005, he served as publisher and editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post, and earlier worked in the government of his home state of Indiana. In the 1980s, he was also a journalist for a Japanese television network and authored the book Big Miracle about the rescue of whales trapped under Arctic ice. The book was adapted into a Hollywood film in 2012.
During his Senate committee hearing in July, Rose repeatedly praised Poland as a model ally. He pledged to work toward improving relations between Poland and Israel and argued that Poland has been unfairly blamed in Israel for complicity in the Holocaust. He also stated that he maintains excellent relations with both the government and the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party and promised not to favor any side of Poland’s political landscape.