London and Rome go to Obama bundlers (Evan Vucci - AP) President Obama, as expected, announced Tuesday that he will nominate Matt Barzun - Obama 2008 finance chairman, then ambassador to Sweden and again Obama 2012 finance chairman - to be ambassador to Great Britain. Obama, once again bitterly disappointing the Loop, tapped local attorney and huge bundler and contributor John Phillips - his original Italian family name was Filippi - to be ambassador to Italy.