10/04/12 Goodbye party for Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to the US, Erlan Idrissov, in the Crystal Room at the historic Willard Hotel on Thursday night. He’s leaving  his posting here to become his country’s Foreign Minister.

[Rep. Dan Burton (R Indiana) speaks to the popularity of the gregarious Ambassador.]

[Dana Masalimova and Ambassador Idrissov]

[Farewell toast.]