Patrick F. Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy


Under Secretary of State for Management
In office November 15, 2007 – January 26, 2017
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Henrietta Fore
In office September 1, 1996 – August 20, 1997 Acting
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Richard Moose
Succeeded by	Bonnie Cohen
United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform
In office September 2001 – May 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Donald Hayes
Succeeded by	Mark Wallace
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Acting
In office January 31, 1998 – August 11, 1998
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Eric Boswell
Succeeded by	David Carpenter
Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
In office May 20, 1993 – July 13, 2001
President	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Preceded by	Arthur Fort
Succeeded by	William Eaton

Personal details
Born	Patrick Francis Kennedy (1949-06-22) June 22, 1949^[1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Mary Elizabeth Swope
Alma mater	Georgetown University

Patrick Francis Kennedy (born June 22, 1949)^[1] is a former career Foreign Service Officer who served as the U.S. State Department's Under Secretary of State for Management. He was Director of the Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing and Innovation. He has been Deputy Director for Management at the cabinet level Office of the Director of National Intelligence; he returned to the Department of State on May 7, 2007. Kennedy was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform and previously served as Chief of Staff for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. He was the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration for the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 2001.

Diplomatic career

Kennedy holds a B.S.F.S. degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University.

Highlights

Under Secretary of State for Management, U.S. Department of State, Washington, November 6, 2007–January 2017
Director, Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation, U.S. Department of State, Washington, May 2007–November 2007
Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Management, Office of the Director for National Intelligence, Washington, April 2005–May 2007
Chief of Staff, Transition Unit, Baghdad, Iraq, May 2004–August 2004
Chief of Staff, Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq, May 2003–November 2003
U.S. Representative to the United Nations for Management and Reform (with the Rank of Ambassador), United Nations, September 2001–May 2005
Coordinator for Reorganization of the Foreign Affairs Agencies, U.S. Department of State, Washington, 1997–2001
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State, Washington, 1998
Acting Under Secretary of State for Management, U.S. Department of State, Washington, 1996–97
Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, U.S. Department of State, Washington, 1993–2001
Administrate Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Cairo, 1991–93
Executive Director and Deputy Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Washington, 1985–90
Supervisory General Services Officer, U.S. Embassy, Paris, 1981–85
Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of State, Washington, 1977–81
Personnel Officer, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 1975–76
Regional Administrative Officer, Foreign Service, 1973–74
Member, Foreign Service, 1973.

Blackwater investigation

In 2007, Patrick F. Kennedy chaired an investigation into the behavior of Blackwater Worldwide, following the Nisour Square shooting.^[2]^[3]

Election of 2008

During the 2008 presidential election, Kennedy ordered that State Department employees in Europe be barred from attending Senator Barack Obama's speech in Berlin on July 24, 2008, to ensure they displayed political neutrality. Kennedy labeled Obama's visit as a partisan political activity.^[4]

Benghazi affair

Kennedy's role in diplomatic security decisions has come under scrutiny from politicians since the terrorist attacks on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi in 2012. Kennedy testified to the House Oversight Committee on October 10, 2012, about the death of Chris Stevens.^[5] He testified that, after the October 2011 fall of Gaddafi, the government of Libya was in flux, and that Stevens first arrived in Benghazi "during the height of the revolution", which occurred between February 17 and October 23, 2011, "when the city was the heart of the opposition to Colonel Qadhafi and the rebels there were fighting for their lives." At that time he was Special Representative to the National Transitional Council. Stevens returned to Libya as ambassador in June 2012, and was killed on September 11 of that year.

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Ambassador Stevens understood that the State Department must operate in many places where the U.S. military cannot or does not, where there are no other boots on the ground, where there are serious threats to our security. And he understood that the new Libya was being born in Benghazi and that it was critical that the United States have an active presence there. That is why Ambassador Stevens stayed in Benghazi during those difficult days. And it’s why he kept returning as the Libyan people began their difficult transition to democracy. He knew his mission was vital to U.S. interests and values, and was an investment that would pay off in a strong partnership with a free Libya.

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The Republican minority on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence alleged that Kennedy, as Under Secretary for Management, failed to approve requests for additional security in Benghazi and Tripoli, and failed to implement recommendations regarding high-risk diplomatic posts that had been issued after the bombings of embassies in 1998.^[6] In fact, the facility was classified as a U.S. Special Mission, which was then a novel category,^[7] that required a waiver which "legally allowed the CIA annex to be housed in a location about one mile from the U.S. special mission."^[8]

Investigation of the ambassador to Belgium

On June 10, 2013, CBS News reported that a memo from an official in the State Department inspector general’s office alleged that the then-current ambassador to Belgium, Howard Gutman, was ditching his security detail to engage prostitutes and underage children , and further alleged that Patrick F. Kennedy had killed the original investigation in order to protect Ambassador Gutman and maybe others.^[9] On June 11, 2013, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney confirmed that the allegation regarding Kennedy was under active investigation by an independent inspector general.^[10]^[11]^[12] On June 21, 2013, the White House announced Denise Bauer as the new nominee to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Belgium.

Hillary Clinton email investigation

On October 17, 2016, the FBI released interviews related to the Hillary Clinton email investigation. One of the interviews alleges that Patrick F. Kennedy "pressured" the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to declassify an email from Hillary Clinton's private server in exchange for a "quid pro quo" of placing more agents in certain countries.^[13]^[14] The FBI stated that the email's classification status was re-reviewed and remained unchanged and denied quid pro quo accusations. The State Department called the allegations "inaccurate" and maintained that Kennedy was trying to "understand" the FBI's classification process.^[13]

Resignation

On January 26, 2017, when Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump's nominee for United States Secretary of State, visited the United States State Department, Kennedy, Joyce Anne Barr, Michele Bond, and Gentry O. Smith were all simultaneously asked to resign from the department.^[15]^[16]

References

1 2 "Patrick Francis Kennedy". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. November 15, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
↑ "Before Shooting in Iraq, a Warning on Blackwater", The New York Times, 29 June 2014. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.
↑ Hudson, John. "Blackwater Bombshell Raises Questions for State Department Heavyweight", Foreign Policy, 30 June 2014. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.
↑ DeYoung, Karen (24 July 2008). "Berlin Rally Is Off-Limits for Embassy Workers". Retrieved 18 October 2016 – via washingtonpost.com.
↑ UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE PATRICK KENNEDY - TESTIMONY TO THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE - WASHINGTON, DC - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012
↑ U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Review of the Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Facilities in Benghazi, Libya, September 11-12 2012
↑ Aaron Klein, "The REAL Benghazi Story: What the White House and Hillary Don’t Want You to Know", WND Books 2014
↑ "Hillary decision likely doomed U.S. ambassador". Retrieved 18 October 2016.
↑ "State Department memo reveals possible cover-ups, halted investigations". Retrieved 18 October 2016.
↑ "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 6/11/2013". 11 June 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
↑ "New U.S. Amb. to Belgium Announced After Accusations of Soliciting Underage Prostitutes". 21 June 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
↑ Miller, S. A. (11 June 2013). "Hillary’s sorry state of affairs". Retrieved 18 October 2016.
1 2 Topan, Tal (17 October 2016). "FBI and State Department say there was no quid pro quo over Clinton email". CNN. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
↑ "Email Investigation Reveals Quid Pro Quo Deal Proposed By State Official". International Business Times. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
↑ Labott, Elise (January 27, 2017). "Trump administration asks top State Department officials to leave". CNN.
↑ Halper, Daniel; Fredericks, Bob (January 26, 2017). "Top State Dept. officials exit after Tillerson visit". New York Post.

External links

Appearances on C-SPAN
U.S. Department of State, Official Biography

Political offices
Preceded by Arthur Fort	Assistant Secretary of State for Administration 1993–2001	Succeeded by William Eaton
Preceded by Richard Moose	Under Secretary of State for Management Acting 1996–1997	Succeeded by Bonnie Cohen
Preceded by Eric Boswell	Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Acting 1998	Succeeded by David Carpenter
Preceded by Henrietta Fore	Under Secretary of State for Management 2007–2017	Vacant
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Donald Hayes	United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform 2001–2005	Succeeded by Mark Wallace

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