“When the Obama administration announced its 'reset' of relations with Russia in 2009, Americans never expected that it would include making Vladimir Putin the de facto U.S. ambassador to Syria in 2013.”

American physician and politician

John Barrasso is an American physician and Republican politician who has represented Wyoming in the United States Senate since 2007. Born in 1952, he moved from medicine into elected office and has been a familiar figure in state and national politics for more than two decades. Before joining the Senate, he served in the Wyoming State Senate from 2003 to 2007. In 2025, he became Senate majority whip, the second-ranking Republican in the chamber. His public profile is tied to his long Senate tenure and his work as a physician-turned-lawmaker.