Proving that the U.S. is nothing if not committed to party patronage, the State Department has named Andrew W.K. a cultural ambassador to the Middle East. W.K. will travel to the island nation of Bahrain in December, where he’ll visit elementary schools, music venues and the University Of Bahrain, ostensibly under the guise of promoting both partying and world peace. For security reasons, exact details of the trip are being kept secret for now, but W.K. says he can “hardly wait for this adventure” and that, so help him Allah, he’s going to “show the good people of Bahrain the power of positive partying.”