Thomas Christensen, Deputy Asst. Secretary, Bureau of East Asian & Pacific Affairs, U.S. State Department at Business Council dinner in UB in February 2007.

Thomas J. Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian & Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State (left) with Jim Dwyer, Vice President of the Business Council (NAMBC) (center), and Andrew Cuthbertson, Executive Director, Rio Tinto Mongolia (left) at dinner in Ulaanbaatar in February 2007 hosted by the Business Council and attended by Ambassador Mark Minton, other U.S. Embassy personnel, and several Business Council members.

Business Council members briefed Secretary Christensen on Mongolia's business climate and were then fascinated to hear Christensen discuss political relations between China and other countries in the Asian region including North Korea.