to Manila, Philippines, for his two-day visit on December 17, 2013 Goldberg served overseas as a consular and political officer at the
U.S. embassy in Bogota, Colombia, and political-economic officer in
Pretoria, South Africa. In 2018, Goldberg served as charge d'affaires, a.i. at the United States embassy in Cuba. He has received numerous honors for his work, including Presidential Distinguished and Meritorious Rank awards, the
State Department's Distinguished Honor Award, and the U.S. Intelligence Community's Silver Seal Medallion. On May 6, 2019, President
Donald Trump nominated Goldberg to be the
United States ambassador to Colombia. On August 1, 2019, the Senate confirmed his nomination by
voice vote. He presented his credentials to President
Iván Duque Márquez on September 19, 2019.
United States ambassador to South Korea On February 11, 2022, President
Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Goldberg to be the next
United States ambassador to South Korea. On February 14, 2022, his nomination was sent to the
Senate. Hearings on his nomination were held before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 7, 2022. The committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor on May 4, 2022. He was confirmed by the entire Senate on May 5, 2022, via voice vote. Goldberg arrived in the country on July 10, 2022, and presented his credentials to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 12. ==See also==