The State Department called the return of Ambassador Sullivan to the United States planned

Go to Media BankJohn Joseph Sullivan. File photoWASHINGTON, Sep 4 The return home of US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan is a «normal diplomatic rotation» and is planned, a State Department spokesman told RIA Novosti. «Ambassador Sullivan's departure is planned and is part of He served a full term as U.S. Ambassador to Russia, overseeing some of the most critical bilateral relations in the world at an unprecedented time,» the diplomat said. John Sullivan's biography US ambassadors to foreign countries are appointed by the President and approved by the Senate.