Experience

• Director, Radio Free Iraq (1998-2004)
• Special envoy for public diplomacy to the Middle East during the February-March 1998 Iraq crisis
• US Ambassador to Yemen (1994-1997) and Iraq (1984-1988), where he was the first ambassador following the resumption of diplomatic relations
• International Affairs Advisor and Chairman, Department of National Security Policy, National War College (1990-1993)
• Advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff during 1991 Gulf War
• Numerous other positions with the US Foreign Service during his 36-year career, including Deputy Chief of Mission in Yemen and Syria, Political Counselor in Saudi Arabia, State Department Director for Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, and Near East Division Chief in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research