The U.S. Senate just confirmed The Amb Barbara Leaf as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. A career foreign service officer, Ambassador Leaf has served across both the Middle East and Europe in key diplomatic roles including: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq Affairs Leader for the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team in Basrah, Iraq Political Minister Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy Director, Office of Iranian Affairs for the U.S Department of State Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Director, Regional Headquarters of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina Advisor to the Department of State’s Medical Director Middle East “Watcher” for the U.S Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in Paris Additional tours included assignments in Cairo, as Kuwait Desk Officer during the first Gulf War, Jerusalem, the Department’s Operations Center, and Port-au-Prince.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:02:26 +0000
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