President Obama appointed Don Beyer, a former Democratic lieutenant governor and a Northern Virginia car dealer, ambassador to Switzerland and the principality of Liechtenstein.

Beyer was an early supporter of Obama in Virginia and served Obama's mid-Atlantic finance chairman during last year's campaign. He and his wife, Megan, raised more than $1.5 million for Obama.

Obama was the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state in more than four decades.

By Anita Kumar  |  June 11, 2009; 7:20 PM ET
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