John Negroponte
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John Negroponte
John Dimitri Negroponteis a British-born American diplomat of Greek descent. He is currently a J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University. Prior to this appointment, he served as a research fellow and lecturer in international affairs at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, United States Deputy Secretary of State, and the first ever Director of National Intelligence...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth21 July 1939
CountryUnited States of America
I think the political leadership as well as the religious leadership is rising to this situation. They don't want to fall down that precipice, so they are struggling to avoid that.
I've been very reluctant to get into numbers.
I think then the conditions will be created for the most expeditious and effective delivery of humanitarian supplies.
It seems to be that when these communist regimes take over - if you look at the example of Vietnam or Cambodia or Nicaragua - that even in conditions of peace they don't seem to be able to figure out how to support their people, and the human suffering is enormous.
specific directions for terrorist attacks continue to be issued from terrorist groups based in Syria.
hastens the day when the people of Iraq are in full command of their own affairs.
Right, well I am, I was a career diplomat for 37 years from 1960 until 1997 during the early 1980s from 1981 to 1985 I was the United States Ambassador to Honduras.