Roderick W. Moore is the Principal Deputy High Representative and Brcko District Supervisor at the Office of the High Representative in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prior to beginning his assignment at OHR, Moore served for three years as the first American Ambassador to Montenegro. He was nominated for that posting by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 29, 2007. Senator Barack Obama chaired the Senate confirmation hearing in June 2007 at which Ambassador-designate Moore testified. Then Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs, R. Nicholas Burns, swore him in on September 12, 2007, in the Treaty Room of the State Department. He arrived to Montenegro and presented his credentials to Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic on September 18, 2007. He left post in August 2010.