James Rubin

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James Philip "Jamie" Rubin (born 1960 in New York City), is a former assistant to President Bill Clinton and a television news journalist and commentator.

[edit] Career

Rubin graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in political science in 1982, and an M.A. in International Affairs in 1984. Early in his career, he was the Assistant Director of Research at the Arms Control Association [1]. He went on to serve under President Clinton as assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Chief Spokesman for the State Department from 1997 to May 2000. Since leaving government, Rubin has been a Visiting Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, a partner at communications consultancy, Brunswick and, in 2002 and 2003, the host of PBS' Wide Angle series, a weekly international affairs program. After serving as chief foreign policy spokesman for General Wesley Clark's presidential campaign, Rubin worked for Democratic nominee John Kerry, serving as a senior advisor for national security affairs. In October 2005, Rubin became lead news anchor on World News Tonight on Sky News. Since July 2006, when Sky News' restructured its schedule and cancelled World News Tonight amongst other programmes, Rubin has presented a series of special international affairs programmes, expanding his role as a commentator and analyst.

[edit] Personal life

In 1998 Rubin, who at the time was spokesman for the US State Department, married Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent for CNN. A son, Darius John Rubin, was born in the year 2000, at the family's home in London, England. His sister, Elizabeth Rubin is a journalist and staff writer for The New York Times Magazine.