- Sean McCormack
Sean McCormack is an American
Assistant Secretary of State . He was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Department Spokesman onJune 2 ,2005 .Early career
McCormack graduated from
Colby College in 1986 with a Bachelor’s degree in economics. He received an M.A. in international relations from theUniversity of Maryland, College Park in 1990 [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/47116.htm]Prior to joining the Foreign Service, McCormack was an analyst at the
Meridian Corporation working on issues related to arms control and non-proliferation.Department of State career
McCormack began his career in the Foreign Service in 1995. He served at the U.S. embassy in
Ankara from 1996 to 1998, where he was assigned as the Persian-speaking officer in the consular section. He was posted to the U.S. embassy inAlgiers from 1998 to 1999, with responsibility for economic reporting and consular issues.McCormack was posted to the State Department Operations Center in 1999 before moving to the Executive Secretariat Staff ("The Line"). He was detailed to the
National Security Council Staff in 2001.Immediately prior to returning to the State Department, McCormack was Special Assistant to the President, Spokesman for the
National Security Council , and DeputyWhite House Press Secretary for Foreign Policy.References
External links
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/03/AR2008050302047.html? Probe of USS Cole Bombing Unravels]
Washington Post May 4 2008
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/47116.htm His Department of State Biography]
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