David D. Pearce

David D. Pearce. Official State Department photo

David D. Pearce (born June 9, 1950 Portland, Maine) is United States foreign service officer and ambassador. As of May 2011, he is the Assistant Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.^[1] He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Algeria, 2008–11.^[2]

Career

He graduated from Bowdoin College, and from Ohio State University with an M.A. in journalism in 1973. He worked for nearly a decade as a reporter and a foreign correspondent for several publications including the Washington Post before he joined the US Foreign Service in 1982. He had been serving there since then when President George W. Bush nominated him to become ambassador to Algeria on June 28, 2008. He became ambassador in August.^[3]

Works

• Wary Partners: Diplomats and the Media, CQ-Roll Call Group Books, September 1995, ISBN 9781568020679

References

1. ^ "David D. Pearce". U.S. Embassy, Kabul. U.S. Department of State. http://kabul.usembassy.gov/assistant_cm.html. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
2. ^ http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/117307.htm
3. ^ http://algiers.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html

External links

• Francis Fukuyama (November/December 1995). "Review: Wary Partners". Foreign Affairs. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/51437/francis-fukuyama/wary-partners-diplomats-and-the-media. 

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