Robert Blackwill
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Robert Blackwill (b. 1939) is an American lobbyist and retired diplomat. Blackwill was the United States Ambassador to India (2001-2003), and United States National Security Council Deputy for Iraq (2003-2004), where he was a liaison between Paul Bremer and Condoleezza Rice.
Although officially he was said to have informed President Bush several months ahead that he "would enter the private sector when the President had won his second term," his resignation from his position on November 6, 2004 was characterized as surprising and unexpected by the Washington Post and other media, and was accompanied by press allegations of professional difficulties and misconduct, and by news coverage that his resignation had been demanded of the White House by the top levels of the State Department. (See, e.g., "Ex-Adviser Reportedly Hurt Embassy Aide," By Glenn Kessler and Al Kamen, Washington Post, Friday, November 12, 2004; Page A060). He is now president of Barbour Griffith & Rogers International, a Washington lobbying firm.
[edit] Career
- Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi, Africa
- joined the US Foreign Service in 1967
- Political Officer, US Embassy, Nairobi
- Staff aide to Counselor of the State Department, Helmut Sonnenfeldt
- Executive Assistant to the US Ambassador, London
- Political Counselor, US Embassy, Tel Aviv
- Director of West European Affairs, National Security Council staff
- Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
- Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
- Special Assistant to President George Bush for European and Soviet Affairs in 1989-1990
- December 1990, awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany
- U.S. ambassador to India
- Foreign policy advisor to George W. Bush as part of The Vulcans.
- Deputy Assistant to the President - Coordinator for Strategic Planning for the National Security Advisor
[edit] External links
- Biography of Robert Blackwill, U.S. Department of State, January 14, 2002.
- Counselor, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
- Member of the Board; International Council Member, Belfer Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.
- Barbour Griffith & Rogers, a lobbying firm.
- SourceWatch profile of Robert Blackwill
- State Dept Mum on Blackwill; morale hits rock bottom at U.S. Embassy, Times of India, May 16,2002.
- Andrew Grotto. Who is Robert Blackwill?, Center for American Progress, August 23, 2004.
- Robert Blackwill at a Sikh temple.
- Bush Adviser On Iraq Policy To Step Down, Washington Post, November 6, 2004.
- Robert Blackwill's Habit of Full Disclosure; neighbors shocked by nude displays, Washington Post, November 9, 2004.
- Blackwill charged with hurting female embassy aide, Washington Post, November 12, 2004.
- Rice Spat Leads to Blackwill Exit, The Times of India, November 12, 2004.
- The NSC SOB leaves town, Daniel W. Drezner, November 13, 2004.
