Mr. Clifford M. Sobel

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  Published on: 5/11/2005    Last Visited: 3/5/2007  

  Clifford M. Sobel, United States Ambassador to the Netherlands, with President George W. Bush
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  MAY 11 - Clifford M. Sobel, a businessman and major Republican fund-raiser who will step down as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands this summer, has told Republicans in New Jersey that he is considering launching a bid for the party's 2006 U.S. Senate nomination when he returns to the Garden State.
  
  In the last month, two top state Republicans, state GOP Chairman Tom Wilson and Lewis M. Eisenberg, the former finance chairman for the Republican national chairman, met with Sobel in separate visits to The Hague.
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  But Sobel, sources say, has also begun making phones calls to GOP county chairmen, including Kevin O'Toole of Essex, Dale Florio of Somerset and George Gilmore of Ocean, expressing an interest in an '06 bid and trying to gauge support.
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  A Senate run would pit Sobel, who has maintained a residence in Short Hills while abroad, in a primary against State Sen.
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  Friends describe Sobel as sharing the same moderate-to-liberal sensibilities of former Gov.
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  But it's unclear if they'd want to actively dissuade Sobel from running; after all, Sobel was one of George W. Bush's first "pioneers" in 2000, raising over $100,000 for his presidential campaign.
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  Kean's Garden State backers are hopeful Sobel will conclude that a primary fight is a lost cause.
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  That Sobel has started dialing up county chairmen is news, but GOP insiders say his name has been floating around for years as a potential candidate for statewide office.His money, before his Net2Phone stint, he founded a business that designed and sold mannequins, could make him attractive both to the cash-strapped state party and to county leaders who would prefer to devote their resources to their own tickets.
  
  "Is this Jon Corzine redux?"asked Rebovich.
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  Sobel took over Net2Phone, which integrates internet and long distance phone service, in September 1997.When Sobel was hired, the president of Net2Phone's parent company, IDT, was former Rep.James A. Courter, whom Sobel also raised money for.
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  Sobel chaired Bush's 2000 fund-raising effort in New Jersey, parlaying that role into his posting in The Hague.

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  Published on: 9/1/2008    Last Visited: 10/18/2008  

  US Senator Frank Lautenberg and Congressman Rush Holt spoke with US Ambassador to Brazil, Clifford Sobel recently, however we do not know the context or result of the [ ... ]

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  Published on: 3/10/2008    Last Visited: 3/10/2008  

  Those said to be interested include Clifford Sobel, the U.S. ambassador to Brazil, as well as businessman Joseph Plumeri, Commerce Bank executive Joseph Buckalew, state Sens.

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  Published on: 7/1/2006    Last Visited: 11/4/2007  

  Ambassador Clifford M. Sobel will serve as the next Ambassador of the United States to Brazil starting this month.Mr. Sobel's previous posting was as Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, from 2001 to 2005.
  
  Until becoming Ambassador to the Netherlands, Clifford Sobel was Chairman of Net2Phone, Inc., a public company listed on the NASDAQ and the largest provider of Internet telephone service, marketing a broad range of enhanced Internet communication applications.Recently, Net2Phone formed a joint venture with Cisco, specializing in Network Management Software.
  
  Ambassador Sobel was also Chairman and President of SJJ Investment Corporation and CMS Realty Company, where he was responsible for investment decisions in a wide variety of areas.
  
  From 1985 to 1991, he was founder and board member of Norcrown Bank of Roseland, New Jersey.During the 1970s and 80s, he founded and later became chairman of several companies that designed, manufactured and imported fixtures in retail environments.
  
  By presidential appointment Ambassador Sobel served on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington, D.C., between 1994 through 1998.He was on the board of the Lexington Institute, a wide-ranging public policy think tank based in Arlington.Virginia, whose primary focuses are education reform, national security, deregulation, corporate governance and tax rate reduction.
  
  Prior to his service at The Lexington Institute, he served as Chairman of the Board Overseer of The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, also a public policy think tank.
  
  From 1987 to 1989, he was appointed to the U.S. Government Industry Sector International Trade Board.Ambassador Sobel was on the advisory boards of Empower America and the Republican Leadership Council, and served on the board and as a member of the policy committee of Business Executives for National Security (BENS).
  
  In 1995, he was asked to testify before Congress on fast-track international trade treaties.He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1996, and in 2000, and served on the Platform Committee and the Sub-Committee on Foreign Policy in 2000.He served as the New Jersey financial chairman of the primary and presidential campaigns for then-Governor George W. Bush.
  
  Ambassador Sobel attended the University of Vermont and graduated with honors from New York University's School of Commerce with the Bachelor of Science degree in management.
  
  In 1999, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from Kean University, New Jersey, in recognition of his public service contribution.

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  Published on: 9/1/2008    Last Visited: 10/18/2008  

  US Senator Frank Lautenberg and Congressman Rush Holt spoke with US Ambassador to Brazil, Clifford Sobel recently, however we do not know the context or result of the discussions other than to say some progress has been made.

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  Published on: 3/4/2007    Last Visited: 10/21/2007  

  Written by Clifford M. Sobel
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  US Ambassador to Brazil, Clifford SobelA Brazilian journalist said recently that if the businesses of the Ambassador to the US in Brazil, Clifford Sobel, had the performance of his consulates, he would have never left the list of anonymous entrepreneurs of New Jersey.

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  Published on: 5/16/2008    Last Visited: 1/9/2009  

  The Honorable Clifford M. Sobel, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil

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  Ambassador Clifford M. Sobel will serve as the next Ambassador of the United States to Brazil starting this month.
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  Mr. Sobel's previous posting was as Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, from 2001 to 2005.
  
  Until becoming Ambassador to the Netherlands, Clifford Sobel was Chairman of Net2Phone, Inc., a public company listed on the NASDAQ and the largest provider of Internet telephone service, marketing a broad range of enhanced Internet communication applications. Recently, Net2Phone formed a joint venture with Cisco, specializing in Network Management Software.
  
  Ambassador Sobel was also Chairman and President of SJJ Investment Corporation and CMS Realty Company, where he was responsible for investment decisions in a wide variety of areas.
  
  From 1985 to 1991, he was founder and board member of Norcrown Bank of Roseland, New Jersey. During the 1970s and 80s, he founded and later became chairman of several companies that designed, manufactured and imported fixtures in retail environments.
  
  By presidential appointment Ambassador Sobel served on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington, D.C., between 1994 through 1998. He was on the board of the Lexington Institute, a wide-ranging public policy think tank based in Arlington. Virginia, whose primary focuses are education reform, national security, deregulation, corporate governance and tax rate reduction.
  
  Prior to his service at The Lexington Institute, he served as Chairman of the Board Overseer of The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, also a public policy think tank.
  
  From 1987 to 1989, he was appointed to the U.S. Government Industry Sector International Trade Board. Ambassador Sobel was on the advisory boards of Empower America and the Republican Leadership Council, and served on the board and as a member of the policy committee of Business Executives for National Security (BENS).
  
  In 1995, he was asked to testify before Congress on fast-track international trade treaties. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1996, and in 2000, and served on the Platform Committee and the Sub-Committee on Foreign Policy in 2000. He served as the New Jersey financial chairman of the primary and presidential campaigns for then-Governor George W. Bush.
  
  Ambassador Sobel attended the University of Vermont and graduated with honors from New York University's School of Commerce with the Bachelor of Science degree in management.
  
  In 1999, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from Kean University, New Jersey, in recognition of his public service contribution.

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  Published on: 4/5/2007    Last Visited: 7/13/2007  

  So why don't we realize under our understanding in this commission, why don't you propose to our governments, the United States and Brazilian Governments: Ambassador Sobel I ask you to work on that, Ambassador Sobel is a very good friend of Brazilian producers of Ethanol and working hard in favor of this commission also, why don't you use this money to develop research in both countries in a kind of synergetic activities.Let's research together with Brazilian money and North American….(unclear because he was interrupted by loud laughter and applause).
  
  Thank you Minister for your usual candid and passionate response to…(he is interrupted by Jeb Bush)
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  Dori Smith: Now we heard Roberto Rodrigues mention Ambassador Sobel, that's Clifford Sobel, the U.S.
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  So we do need to look at all of the options we have in terms of where we can get alternatives to our dependence on oil and Ethanol and Biodiesel and biogas and other kinds of ways of harnessing organic matter to create energy do need to be part of the energy mix but we can't rely on them to the degree that many people seem to want to rely on them and we have to be very suspicious of some of the motivations involved here and I think the references you have been making to Sobel and Jeb Bush and others are a perfect example of why we need to be wary of what we are getting ourselves into and where all of these public subsidies are going.

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  Published on: 3/30/2007    Last Visited: 3/31/2007  

  Ambassador Clifford Sobel discussed the issue of potential investment in Iran with Petrobras, and more recently with the government of Brazil.
  
  "We think foreign investment in the petroleum and gas sectors in Iran is contrary to the international interest of pressuring the Iranian regime to accept its international obligations, suspend its (uranium) enrichment-related and reprocessing activities," the embassy said.
  
  The embassy released the statement after Brazil's Valor Economico business newspaper reported that Sobel recently warned Sergio Gabrielli, chief executive of Petroleo Brasileiro SA (nyse: PBR - news - people ), that its plans for Iran could cause complications for the company's petroleum drilling activities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

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