November 10, 2008
President George W. Bush today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Malé, Maldives to attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Mohamed Nasheed, President-Elect of the Republic of Maldives on November 11, 2008.
The Honorable Robert O. Blake, Jr., United States Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives, will represent the President.
George W. Bush, Press Release - Personnel Announcement Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/284954