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University of Connecticut (BA) Columbia University (JD) Brett H. McGurk (born April 20, 1973) is an American diplomat, attorney, and academic who served in senior national security positions under presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. He currently serves as deputy assistant to President Joe Biden and National Security ...
The other position was that of a special envoy for Guantanamo closure within the State Department. That position had been filled in June, by Clifford Sloan . On October 7, 2013 President Barack Obama appointed Lewis to be United States Department of Defense 's Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure, the most senior Pentagon official tasked with ...
Rashad Hussain is an American attorney, diplomat, and professor, [1] who currently serves as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.He previously served as associate White House counsel, [2] as U.S. Special Envoy of President Barack Obama to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), [3] [4] and the U.S. Special Envoy for strategic counterterrorism ...
Barack Obama: Middle East czar Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George J. Mitchell [117] Sec. of State appointed mine safety czar Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Richard Stickler [118] 2006–2008 Recess appointment—2 prior presidential nominations were rejected by the Senate George W. Bush: missile czar
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (April 24, 1941 – December 13, 2010) was an American diplomat and author. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of the world (Asia from 1977 to 1981 and Europe from 1994 to 1996). From 1993 to 1994, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany.
He later advised and stumped for the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama. In 2009, Obama named Gration as the United States Special Envoy to Sudan . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Gration subsequently worked as United States Ambassador to Kenya from 2011 to 2012 before resigning in the face of potential disciplinary action for unclassified email use and ...
On May 13, 2011, George Mitchell tendered his resignation from the post of Special Envoy to the Middle East. [42] Obama praised Mitchell, stating, "His deep commitment to resolving conflict and advancing democracy has contributed immeasurably to the goal of two states [Israel and Palestine] living side by side in peace and security." [43]
As Special Assistant to President Clinton from 1998 to 2001, he was a member of the U.S. peace team and helped organize the 2000 Camp David Summit. [3] He served in the National Security Council under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017.