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COLLEGE IN THE LATE 1980'S AND IS WELL KNOWN TO THE EMBASSY. IT IS SLIGHTLY SURPRISING TO SEE HER IN STATE RATHER THAN THE PENTAGON GIVEN HER BACKGROUND.
6. SENATOR TIM WIRTH IS TO BE COUNSELLOR AND WILL CREATE A NEW UNDER SECRETARYSHIP FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS COVERING THE ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, REFUGEES, POPULATION, NARCOTICS, TERRORISM, HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY. WIRTH, THE OUT-GOING SENATOR FOR COLORADO, IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF VICE PRESIDENT GORE AND AN EXPERT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. HE IS KEEN TO COME TO LONDON TO MEET MR HOWARD.
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STROBE TALBOTT HAS BEEN NAMED AS AMBASSADOR AT LARGE AND SPECIAL ADVISER ON THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES. TALBOTT WAS A ROOM MATE OF CLINTON'S AT OXFORD AND HAS BEEN DIPLOMATIC EDITOR OF TIME MAGAZINE FOR YEARS. HE WILL FOCUS IN PARTICULAR ON ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA AND THE OTHER FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS.
8. STEPHEN OXMAN HAS BEEN NAMED ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN AFFAIRS (THE TOM NILES JOB). OXMAN, A FORMER RHODES SCHOLAR, WAS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO WARREN CHRISTOPHER IN THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION. SINCE 1980 HE HAS BEEN WORKING IN A LAW FIRM AND AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK.
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ED DJEREJIAN IS TO STAY ON AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EAST AND SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS AND DENNIS ROSS HAS BEEN ASKED TO REMAIN TEMPORARILY AS A SPECIAL CONSULTANT ON MIDDLE EAST MATTERS. THESE HOLDOVERS HAVE BEEN BALANCED BY THE APPOINTMENT OF SAMUEL LEWIS, A MORE PRO-ISRAELI VOICE, AS DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING. LEWIS WAS AMBASSADOR IN ISRAEL FOR EIGHT YEARS UNDER CARTER AND THEN REAGAN. HE HAS REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH THE PEACE PROCESS AS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. INSTITUTE OF PEACE.
10. GEORGE MOOSE IS TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICA. MOOSE, A BLACK CAREER FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER, IS CURRENTLY DIPLOMAT IN RESIDENCE AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY. HE HAS SERVED AS AMBASSADOR IN BENIN AND SENEGAL AS WELL AS DEPUTY AT THE UN AND IS WELL KNOWN TO
US.
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WINSTON LORD WILL BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS. LORD WAS DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING FROM 1973-77 AND AMBASSADOR TO CHINA FROM 1986 TO 1989. HE HAS BEEN OUTSPOKEN IN HIS CRITICISM OF THE CURRENT CHINESE LEADERSHIP. HE IS CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY. WE HAVE LOBBIED HIM RECENTLY ABOUT CHINA/MFN/HONG KONG (MY MINUTE OF
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