James E. Akins

James Elmer Akins (born October 15, 1926"James E. Akins." "Marquis Who's Who, 2007". Reproduced in " [http://gale.cengage.com/BiographyRC/ Biography Resource Center] ". Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. Document Number: K2016266648. "...ambassador to, Saudi Arabia, 1973-76".] ) was the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973 to 1976. [Akins was ambassador until February 10, 1976, it appears. Although a [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/11214.htm U.S. State Department reference] , retrieved 2008-04-30, lists his departure as "Feb 10, 1975" (with the next ambassador starting "Feb 21, 1976"), the other cited sources indicate this is a typographical error.] [cite news |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F6091FFF3458157493C0AB1783D85F418785F9 |work=The New York Times |date=1975-08-22 |title=U.S. Will Relieve Envoy To Saudis in Big Shuffle |first=Linda |last=Charlton |accessdate=2008-04-30 ] [cite news |url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/june96/bombing_6-26.html |title=Searching for Clues |date=1996-06-26 |work=The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer |publisher=PBS |accessdate=2008-04-30 |quote=U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973 to 1976... ] cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948424,00.html |title=The Cast of Analysts |work=Time |date=1979-03-12 |accessdate=2008-04-30 |quote=U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973 until late 1975... Companion to the article: cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948423,00.html |title=Searching for the Right Response |work=Time |date=1979-03-12 |accessdate=2008-04-30 ] He is from Akron, Ohio. [cite web |url=http://www.uakron.edu/aupdate/Feb022004/Feature_92.php |title=Features |work=Akron Update |publisher=University of Akron |date=2004-02-02 |accessdate=2008-04-30 ] Akins is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and on the advisory council of the Iran Policy Committee (IPC). [cite web |url=http://www.iranpolicy.org/scholarsandfellows.php#1 |title=IPC Scholars And Fellows |publisher=Iran Policy Committee |accessdate=2008-04-30 ] Akins has been involved with the organization If Americans Knew.

Akins was dismissed as Ambassador in 1975, "following policy disputes with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, according to "Time" magazine.

In 1989 Akins and others asked the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to regulate the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Akins was then lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the FEC, resulting in the 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision Federal Election Commission v. Akins. [cite news |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E6DE143BF931A35755C0A96E958260 |title=High Court Lowers Shield of Election Panel |first=Linda |last=Greenhouse |authorlink=Linda Greenhouse |work=The New York Times |date=1998-06-02 |accessdate=2008-04-30 ]

Articles by James Akins

* " [http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19910601faessay6087/james-e-akins/the-new-arabia.html The New Arabia] ", "Foreign Affairs", Summer 1991.
* " [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Sept_11_2001/Why_DoThey_HateUs.html Why Do They Hate Us?] ", December 24, 2001.
* " [http://www.ameu.org/uploads/akins_march14_03.pdf The Arabists] ", April 16, 1994.

References

External links

* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saddam/interviews/akins.html Interview with PBS on the Survival of Saddam]

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title = United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
before = Nicholas G. Thatcher
after = William J. Porter
years = September 20, 1973 — February 10, 1976
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