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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 ...
President Obama sent Special Envoy for Middle East peace George Mitchell on an 8-day tour of the Middle East starting on January 26, 2009, in which Mitchell met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the Israeli army chief of staff Lt. General Gabi Ashkenaz to discuss the peace process along with ...
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.
President Obama changed the timeline of withdrawing troops from Iraq within 16 months of his taking office as outlined in the election to 19 months after taking office. Obama appointed a Special Envoy for Middle East peace (George Mitchell) and a Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan (Richard C. Holbrooke). In 2013, Obama urged the leaders ...
John R. Allen. John Rutherford Allen (born December 15, 1953) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general, and former commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A). On September 13, 2014, President Barack Obama appointed Allen as special presidential envoy for the Global ...
Peter Tomsen served as Special Envoy to Afghanistan (to the Northern Alliance) 1989–1992. The U.S. embassy in Kabul closed in January 1989. The embassy reopened on January 17, 2002. [1] - James F. Dobbins – Career FSO Ambassador (in charge of reestablishing U.S. Embassy) December 17, 2001 January 2, 2002 - Ryan Crocker – Career FSO
Paul M. Lewis. Alma mater. University of Notre Dame (A.B., 1980; J.D., 1983) Occupation (s) Lawyer, diplomat. Known for. Appointed to help close Guantanamo. Paul Lewis is an American lawyer and diplomat. [1][2] Lewis served as Marine JAG officer and chief counsel to House Armed Services Committee, before President Obama appointed him as Special ...
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