Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008. Informational Services Records, 12/28/2004 - 9/30/2013
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Coleman, Isobel, c. 1965-
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Isobel Coleman is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York, where she directs CFR’s Civil Society, Markets, & Democracy program. Her areas of expertise include the political economy of the Middle East, democratization, civil society, economic development, educational reform and gender issues. She is the author and coauthor of numerous books, including Pathways to Freedom: Political and Economic Lessons from Democratic Transitions (Council on Foreign Relations, 2013),...
Cousens, Elizabeth Malory
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Elizabeth Cousens became the UN Foundation’s third President and Chief Executive Officer in 2020, leading the Foundation’s next generation of work to support the United Nations. Elizabeth has been at the forefront of global policymaking and innovation for over 20 years. She is a diplomat and thought leader who has worked on the frontlines of peace processes, played an influential role in UN policy innovations from peacebuilding to the Sustainable Development Goals, and helped build public-p...
Lute, Douglas Edward, 1952-
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Ambassador Douglas Lute is the former United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s standing political body. Appointed by President Obama, he assumed the Brussels-based post in 2013 and served until 2017. During this period he was instrumental in designing and implementing the 28-nation Alliance’s responses to the most severe security challenges in Europe since the end of the Cold War. He received the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award. A career Ar...
Ziadeh, Susan Laila, 1951-
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Susan Laila Ziadeh (born 1951) is a retired American diplomat. She notably served as U.S. Ambassador to Qatar (2011-2014). Ziadeh earned a PhD in history from the University of Michigan, an M.A. from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, and a B.A. from the University of Washington. She is a 2004 distinguished graduate of the National War College, National Defense University with an M.S. in National Security Strategy. Ziadeh has enjoyed a 23 year career with the U.S. Department of St...
Tueller, Matthew Heywood, 1957-
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Matthew H. Tueller (born 1957) is an American diplomat who currently serves as the United States Ambassador to Iraq. He is a career foreign service officer. Prior to his current ambassadorship, he served as the United States Ambassador to Kuwait (2011-2014) and Yemen (2014-2019). A Utah native, Tueller grew up in in Europe, North Africa, and Latin America, including four years in Tangier, Morocco. He earned a B.A. in International Relations from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1975 and a Ma...
Todd, William Edward, 1961-
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William (Bill) E. Todd was appointed in February 2018 as Deputy Under Secretary for Management. He concurrently served as Acting Under Secretary for Management from June 2017 to May 2019 and Acting Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources from June 2017 to Jan 2019. He was most recently the Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs from January 2017 and had served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the same bureau since Aug...
Smith, James B., 1952-
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James B. Smith (born 1952) is the former United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Selected by President Barack Obama, he was sworn in on September 16, 2009. He left his post on September 27, 2013. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Smith had served in a variety of executive positions with Raytheon Company involving corporate strategic planning, aircraft manufacturing, and international business development. Smith was a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy’s Clas...
Sison, Michele Jeanne, 1959-
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Ambassador Michele Sison was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Haiti on February 12, 2018. She served as U.S. Deputy Representative to the United Nations (2014-2018), U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives (2012-2014), U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon (2008-2010), and U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (2004-2008). She began her diplomatic career in Haiti in 1982, serving as the human rights officer at Embassy Port au Prince. Ambassador Sison’s diplomatic assignments also include Assistant...
Silverman, Lawrence Robert
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Ambassador (ret.) Lawrence R. Silverman is a Senior Advisor with Albright Stonebridge Group’s Middle East and North Africa practice. A distinguished diplomat, regional expert, and effective commercial advocate, he works with clients to develop entry and growth strategies in Kuwait and throughout the region. Ambassador Silverman brings 30 years of experience in the U.S. Foreign Service to ASG, in the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, and Turkey. In his most recent official role as the U...
Silliman, Douglas Alan, 1960-
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Ambassador Douglas A. Silliman is president of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He previously served as U.S. ambassador to Iraq from 2016-19 and U.S. ambassador to Kuwait from 2014-16. From 2013-14, he served as a senior advisor in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in the U.S. Department of State, working on Iraq issues and the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. Silliman was deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq from 2012-13, minister counselor for political affairs in Baghd...
Sievers, Marc Jonathan, 1955-
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Marc Jonathan Sievers (born 1955) is a retired American diplomat. He notably served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman (2016-2019). Sievers attended the University of Utah, earning a BA in history in 1978. He went on to Columbia University in New York to earn a master’s degree in international affairs in 1980. Sievers joined the Foreign Service the following year. His early political counselor assignments included postings in Hong Kong; Cairo, Egypt; Rabat, Morocco; Ankara, Turke...
Shapiro, Daniel B., 1969-
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Daniel B. "Dan" Shapiro (born August 1, 1969) is a diplomat and former Ambassador of the United States of America to the State of Israel. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 29, 2011, and confirmed by the Senate on May 29. He was sworn in as ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 8, 2011. Previously, he was the senior director for the Middle East and North Africa on the United States National Security Council. As an Obama administration political appointee, Shap...
Shannon, Thomas Alfred, 1958-
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Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. (born 1958) is an American diplomat. From 2016 to 2018, Ambassador Shannon served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the third highest ranking position at the State Department. Holding the personal rank of Career Ambassador, he was the highest ranking member of the United States Foreign Service, the country's professional diplomatic corps. During his tenure as Under Secretary, Ambassador Shannon was in charge of bilateral and multilateral foreign poli...
Schmierer, Richard J., 1950-
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Richard J. Schmierer (born 1950) is a retired United States diplomat. He notably served as the U.S. Ambassador to Oman (2009-2012). He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Middle East Policy Council. In addition, he is a Member of the Advisory Board of the National Council for U.S.-Arab Relations, where he is also a Distinguished International Affairs Fellow. Schmierer was born in the state of New Jersey and graduated from Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville in 1...
Ries, Marcie Berman, 1950-
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Marcie Berman Ries (born August 25, 1950) is a senior American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Bulgaria. A specialist in national security issues and arms control, Ries worked as the Director of the Office of United Nations Political Affairs from 2001 to 2003, and then served as the Chief of Mission in Pristina, Kosovo from 2003 to 2004. In 2005, she was appointed as American ambassador to Albania, and held that position until 2007. She left Albania in 2007 to become...
Ricciardone, Francis Joseph, 1952-
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Francis J. Ricciardone is the President of the American University in Cairo. He formerly served as the Atlantic Council Vice President and the Director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. Before joining the Council, he was a career Foreign Service Officer in Washington, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, including assignments as Ambassador to Turkey (2011-14), Charg d’Affaires and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan (2009-10), Ambassador to Egypt (2005-8), and Ambassador to the Philip...
Powers, Phyllis Marie, 1953-
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Phyllis Marie Powers (born 1953) is a Career Ambassador within the United States Foreign Service and the former U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua (2012-2015) and Panama (2010-2012). She also served in senior roles in the U.S. Embassies in Iraq, Peru and Colombia. A native of Utica, New York, Powers graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor's degree in biology and is certified by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists as a Medical Technologist. Prior to entering the Foreig...
Nelson, David Daniel, 1956-
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David Daniel Nelson (born 1956) is a former United States Foreign Service Officer and a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He most notably served as U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay from 2010 to 2011. Born in Minnesota, Nelson received a B.A. the University of Wisconsin and a master's degree in Economics from the University of Maryland. He joined the Foreign Service in 1979. From 1982 to 1984, he served as a diplomat in Montevideo, Uruguay. He also served in Berlin, Madrid, Bonn, Quito...
Munter, Cameron, 1954-
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Cameron Munter (born 1954) is a retired diplomat, academic, and executive who now works as a global consultant. He stepped down as President and CEO of the EastWest Institute (EWI) in New York, a nonprofit dedicated to international conflict resolution, in 2019. He led EWI from 2015 to 2019, directing conflict resolution projects in Russia, China, the Middle East, South Asia, and the Balkans. He is currently affiliated with Agora Strategies (Munich) and Project Associates (London) and serves on ...
Moon, Patrick S., 1950-
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Patrick S. Moon (1950-) is a retired Senior Foreign Service Officer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2010 to 2013. Originally from Oklahoma City, Moon graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1972. He later earned a Master of Arts degree in international relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He served as an officer in the Air Force for six years, and then joined the Foreign Service in 1979. Moon served as vice consu...
Leaf, Barbara Anne, 1958-
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Barbara A. Leaf (born 1958) is the Ruth and Sid Lapidus Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Geduld Program on Arab Politics. A retired career foreign service officer, she served as U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 2014-2018. During her diplomatic career, Ambassador Leaf served in high-level positions at Foggy Bottom and abroad. Before her ambassadorship in 2014, she served as deputy assistant secretary of state for the Arabian Peninsula in the Bureau of Near...
Krajeski, Thomas Charles, 1950-
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Thomas C. Krajeski served in the U.S. Foreign Service for more than 36 years. His final assignment was Senior Advisor for Partner Engagement on Foreign Fighters in the Bureau of Counterterrorism at the State Department in 2015. He was the Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain from October 30th, 2011 until December 20, 2014. Krajeski was the Senior Vice President of the National Defense University (NDU) from 2009-2011. He oversaw NDU’s international programs and provided foreign policy persp...
Jones, Paul Wayne, 1960-
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Paul Wayne Jones (born 1960) is the current United States Ambassador to Pakistan and the former United States Ambassador to Poland. Prior to that, he served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State and earlier he served as the U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia. He arrived in Warsaw, Poland, and began serving as Ambassador on September 24, 2015. He is widely regarded as one of the Foreign Service's only senior expert...
Haslach, Patricia Marie, 1956-
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Patricia Marie Haslach (born 1956) is an American diplomat. She served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, from September 2016 to September 2017. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Ethiopia from August 4, 2013 through September 2016. A native of Lake Oswego, Oregon, Haslach earned her BA from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington and her Master in International Affairs from the European Institute at Columbia University. Ha...
Godec, Robert Frank, 1956-
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Robert Frank Godec (born 1956) is an American career diplomat. He is a Career Minister in the Senior Foreign Service and from 2012 to 2019 served as the United States Ambassador to Kenya. From 2006 to 2009 he was the United States Ambassador to Tunisia. Godec graduated from W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia, in 1975. He went on to earn a B.A. in Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia, where he was associate news editor on the student newspaper The Daily Cavalier, and an M.A...
Ensher, Henry S., 1959-
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Henry S. Ensher (1959-) is an American Career Foreign Service Officer who served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Algeria from 2011 until 2014. He also served as deputy assistant secretary at the State Department's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. As Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia and Afghanistan at the U.S. Department of State, Ensher oversaw U.S. policy towards and diplomatic relations with the five Central Asian states and Afghanistan. Mr. Ensher joine...
Eikenberry, Karl Winfrid, 1951-
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Karl Eikenberry is the William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and a faculty member of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. He is also an affiliated faculty member with the Center for Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law, and researcher with The Europe Center. Prior to his arrival at Stanford, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan from May 2009 until July 2011, where he led the civi...
Anania, Jay Nicholas, 1959-
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Jay Nicholas Anania (1959- ) is a former career foreign service officer who served as Ambassador to Suriname. Appointed in July 2012, Anania served from November 2012 until October 2015. Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, Anania earned a B.A. in History at Kenyon College in 1981 and an M.B.A. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined the Foreign Service in 1985, serving early foreign postings at the consulate general in Tijuana, Mexico; at the Interests Section in Havana, Cu...
Dougherty, J. Thomas, 1951-
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J. Thomas Dougherty (born 1951) is an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso from 2010 to 2013. He is currently the Executive Director of the Australian-American Fulbright Commission, based in Canberra, Australia. Dougherty is from Casper, Wyoming. He was nominated to be the ambassador of the United States to Burkina Faso by President Barack Obama on May 27, 2010 and confirmed by Congress on August 5, 2010. Dougherty retired as a member of the Senior Foreign...
Cunningham, James Blair, 1952-
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Ambassador James B. Cunningham joined the Atlantic Council in May 2015 as a Senior Fellow in the South Asia Center and the Zalmay Khalilzad Chair on Afghanistan. He served as Ambassador to Afghanistan (August 2012 to December 2014), and as Deputy Ambassador (2011 – 2012). He was Ambassador to Israel (2008 -2011), Consul General for Hong Kong and Macau (2005 – 2008), Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York (1999 – 2004), and Acting Permanent Representative...
Corbin, Michael H., 1960-
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Former U.S. Ambassador Michael H. Corbin is CEO of Corbin Crossroads Consulting, based in the U.A.E to advise on business development, strategy and partnerships in the region. During his diplomatic career, Ambassador Corbin was known for maximizing U.S. business opportunities and U.S. exports. He developed broad political and economic experience of the Arab World from his service in some of its most challenging postings. He completed his service as Ambassador to the U.A.E. in 2014 and since then...
Butenis, Patricia Agatha, 1953-
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Patricia Agatha Butenis (born 1953) is an American diplomat. In 2014 she retired with the rank of Career Minister. Born in New Jersey in 1953, she grew up in Atco, New Jersey, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts degree in international relations from Columbia University. Butenis joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1980. She served as Vice Consul in Karachi, Pakistan from 1980-1982, Vice Consul/Political Officer in San Sal...
Ford, Robert Stephen, 1958-
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Ambassador Robert S. Ford served thirty years in the State Department and Peace Corps, finishing his career as the U.S. Ambassador to Syria from 2011 to 2014 and is now a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC. For his leadership of the American Embassy in Damascus, he received a Presidential Honor award in 2012, and for his work on Syria he received in 2014 the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award. For his defense of human rights in Syria, in 2012 he received f...
Bodde, Peter W. (Peter William), 1954-
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Peter William Bodde (born October 1954) is a member of the United States Foreign Service, and was the 8th United States Ambassador to Libya. He has previously served as the United States Ambassador to Nepal and as the United States Ambassador to Malawi, during which time he was credited for promoting awareness of HIV/AIDS discrimination. Bodde was born in October 1954 to William and Ingrid Bodde. Bodde's father William was also a member of the foreign service and served as the United States A...
Beecroft, Robert Stephen, 1957-
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Robert Stephen "Steve" Beecroft (born 1957) is an American diplomat and attorney. He served as United States Ambassador to Egypt from December 2014 to July 2017. He previously served as United States Ambassador to Iraq and United States Ambassador to Jordan. Beecroft earned a B.A. from Brigham Young University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he was a Mormon missionary in Venezuela. After graduating from la...
