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small child in a hotel." However, the search ultimately "became a media issue" and Young elected to stay in the suite. Nevertheless, he opined that "eople tried to make it seem like I was saying that the
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was the first ambassador to take up residence. The United States later purchased a different full-floor penthouse in May 2019. The five bedroom, 6.5 bathroom unit was purchased for $ 15.85 million.
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