David Michael Satterfield

David Michael Satterfield (born December 18, 1954) is an American diplomat who served extensively in the Middle East, including the Persian Gulf, Lebanon, and Iraq. He now serves as a Senior Advisor on Iraq for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In the Gregorian calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), with 13 days remaining until the end of the year. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ...

His name came up in the AIPAC/Larry Franklin Pentagon mole case. The indictment, however, did not accuse Satterfield of any wrongdoing, and he was never indicted. U.S. President George W. Bush addresses AIPAC members in Washington on May 18, 2004. ... Lawrence Anthony Franklin is a U.S. Air Force Reserve colonel who has pled guilty to passing information about U.S. policy towards Iran to Israel through the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the foremost pro-Israel lobbying organization in the U.S, while he was working for the... This article is about the U.S. military building. ... A mole is a spy who works for an enemy nation and works within his nations government. ... In the common law legal system, an indictment (IPA: ) is a formal charge of having committed a most serious criminal offense. ...

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Satterfield graduated from theUniversity of Maryland, College Park, with a Bachelor of Arts in 1976, and a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1978. Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in the city of College Park, in Prince Georges County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., in the United States. ... A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... The schools original sign, preserved on the north quad of the present-day campus. ...

He entered the Foreign Service in 1980, and has served overseas in Jeddah, Tunis, Beirut, and Damascus. A Director of the Executive Secretariat Staff from 1990 to 1993, Satterfield served on the National Security Council Staff from 1993 to 1996 as Director for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. He held the position of Director of the Department of State’s Office of Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs from 1996 to 1998, and was the Ambassador to Lebanon from September 1998 to June 2001. The United States Foreign Service is a personnel system established under the Foreign Service Act. ... This article is about the Saudi Arabian city. ... For other uses, see Beirut (disambiguation). ... Damascus ( transliteration: , also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the largest city of Syria and is also the capital. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (or INR) is a small bureau in the U.S. State Department tasked with analyzing information for the State Department. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... Languages Arabic other minority languages Religions Predomiantly Sunni Islam, as well as Shia Islam, Greek Orthodoxy, Greek Catholicism, Maronite, Alawite Islam, Druze, Ibadi Islam, and Judaism An Arab (Arabic: ) is any member of the Semitic group of people whose cultural, linguistic, and in certain cases, ancestral origins trace back to... An ambassador, rarely embassador, is a diplomatic official accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of his or her own country. ...

Satterfield is the recipient of the:

• Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award;
• Department Senior Performance Awards; and
• six Department of State Superior Honor Awards, notably for his work on the Middle East peace process.

In the indictment: U.S. v. Lawrence Anthony Franklin, Steven J. Rosen, Keith Weissman, USGO-2 is mentioned, and in a New York Times article: David Satterfield, deputy chief of the United States Mission in Baghdad, is identified as USGO-2. In early 2002, Satterfield discussed secret national security matters in two meetings with Steven J. Rosen. The meetings, on January 18, 2002, and March 12, 2002, were confirmed by classified documents. The indictment, however, did not accuse Satterfield of any wrongdoing. A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (72nd in leap years). ... A typical classified document. ... In the common law legal system, an indictment (IPA: ) is a formal charge of having committed a most serious criminal offense. ...

Satterfield was confirmed by the Senate in May 2004 as the next Ambassador to Jordan. He assumed the position of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary on June 1, 2004, having served, for the previous three years, as Deputy Assistant Secretary. The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 19 May 2006, the U.S. State Department announced Satterfield’s promotion to senior adviser on Iraq to Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state. [1] May 19 is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... Condoleezza Rice (born November 14, 1954) is the 66th United States Secretary of State, and the second in the administration of President George W. Bush to hold the office. ...

External links

• State Dept profile
• http://www.usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/peace/archives/1998/july/me0716d.txt