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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]
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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
- ^ "David D. Pearce". U.S. Embassy, Kabul. U.S. Department of State. http://kabul.usembassy.gov/assistant_cm.html. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/117307.htm
- ^ 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.
Categories:- 1950 births
- Bowdoin College alumni
- United States ambassadors to Algeria
- People from Falmouth, Maine
- Living people
- People of the 2010–2011 Algerian protests
- Ohio State University alumni
- The Washington Post journalists
- American diplomat stubs
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