Ted Osius

Theodore George Osius III (born 1961) is an American diplomat and the former United States Ambassador to Vietnam.

Early life and education Osius grew up in Annapolis, Maryland.

Career Osius joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1989. Osius was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in November 2014. As ambassador, Osius presented his credentials on December 16, 2014. In 2004, Osius met his future husband, Clayton Bond, then a watch officer in the State Department's operations center, at a meeting of Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies. They were married in 2006 in Vancouver, Canada. He and Bond have adopted two children, a son and a daughter.