Marc Grossman was the United States Under Secretary for Political Affairs from 2001 to 2005. Image File history File links Grossman_Marc. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 23, 2001 and sworn in as Under Secretary for Political Affairs on March 26, 2001. Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

It was revealed on 7 January 2005 that Grossman had resigned. His resignation became effective with the confirmation of his successor, R. Nicholas Burns, on 17 March 2005. January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Comic actor best known for playing Nathan Barley in the show of the same name, as well as playing Nick Mayer in TV Series Absolute Power. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Grossman has been a career Foreign Service Officer since 1976. He was Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources, from June 2000 to February 2001, and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, from August 1997 to May 2000. From November 1994 to June 1997, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey. Prior to this, from January 1993 to September 1994, he was Special Assistant to the Secretary of State and Executive Secretary of the Department of State. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Before assuming these duties, Grossman served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs. He was Executive Assistant to Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead from September 1986 to January 1989. September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From 1984 to 1986, Grossman was the Deputy Director of the Private Office of Lord Carrington, then Secretary General of NATO. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC, JP, DL (born June 6, 1919), was British Foreign Secretary (1979–1982) and Secretary-General of NATO (1984–1988). ... The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4...

Other overseas assignments include tours as a political officer at the U.S Mission to NATO and in Islamabad. In Washington, DC he also has served as Deputy Special Adviser to President Carter and in several capacities for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4... Islamabad (Urdu: ‏اسلام آباد, population 810,000) is the capital city of Pakistan, located in the Potwar Plateau, north-east of the country. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Official languages None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Senators Patty Murray (D) Maria Cantwell (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 18th 184,824 km² 6. ... ...

Grossman earned a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics. University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a coeducational public university located on the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara County, California. ... The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as the London School of Economics or simply the LSE, is a specialist university in London and is regarded as the worlds most prestigious social science institution. ...

Valerie Plame Affair

Grossman played a peripheral role in the Plame Affair. Valerie Plame and Joseph C. Wilson in 2004. ...

On 10 June 2003, an analyst at the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) sent a memo to Ambassador Grossman outlining Ambassador Joseph Wilson's trip to Niger and mentioning that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA. Reportedly, Grossman wanted the memo as background to use at a White House meeting on criticism of President Bush for using the Niger claim in his State of the Union speech. June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... 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. ... Joseph C. Wilson IV was a United States career foreign service officer and later a diplomat between 1976 and 1998. ... For detail on the political scandal, see Plame affair Valerie Plame with her husband Joseph C. Wilson, photographed after her CIA identity became public knowledge. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ... Alternative meanings in State of the Union (disambiguation) The State of the Union Address is an annual event in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country, normally to a joint session of the U.S. Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate). ...

According to the Washington Post, Grossman has refused to answer questions about the memo. The Post says it is not clear if Grossman actually talked about the memo or mentioned Mrs. Wilson at the meeting.[1] ...

On 6 July 2003, Richard Armitage asked the head of INR, Carl Ford, to send a copy of the memo to Colin Powell aboard Air Force One. July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Lee Armitage (born April 26, 1945) was, from 2001 to 2005, the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State, the second-in-command at the State Department. ... Carl Ford (Carl W. Ford, Jr. ... Colin Luther Powell, (pronounced koh-lihn, born April 5, 1937) was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving from January 20, 2001 to November 12, 2004 under President George W. Bush. ... Air Force One is the air traffic control call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. ...

In Patrick Fitzgerald's indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on October 28, 2005, Grossman is the Under Secretary of State mentioned as giving information about Plame to Libby.

References

• The official State Department biography

See also

• Sibel Edmonds
• Plame affair
• Lewis Libby
• Douglas Feith
• Richard Perle
• Larry Franklin
• American Enterprise Institute
• Inter-Services Intelligence
• Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı

Sibel Edmonds is a former FBI translator who was fired in March 2002 after she complained to FBI managers about another interpreter who she thought might have been a danger to the United States security. ... Valerie Plame and Joseph C. Wilson in 2004. ... --66. ... Douglas Feith Douglas J. Feith (born July 16, 1953) served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy for United States President George W. Bush from July 2001 until he resigned from his position effective August 8, 2005. ... Richard Norman Perle (born September 16, 1941 in New York City), is an American political advisor who served the Reagan administration as an assistant Secretary of Defense and served on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 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... The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a think tank founded in 1943 whose stated mission is to support the foundations of freedom - limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense. ... The Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (also Inter-Services Intelligence or I.S.I.) is the principal intelligence body of the nation of Pakistan. ... The Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı (Turkish for National Intelligence Organization) is the central intelligence agency of the Republic of Turkey. ...

External links

• Marc Grossman, Vice Chairman of Cohen Group
• Profile of Marc Grossman, Center for Cooperative Research.
• Statement of Marc Grossman on NATO & Kosovo, United States Senate Armed Services Committee, October 28, 1999.
• Assaf Moghadam. Briefing by Marc Grossman: U.S. Interests and Turkey, Middle East Forum, March 13, 2000.
• Photos of Marc Grossman's visit to NATO, NATO, February 27, 2003.
• Christopher Deliso. Marc Grossman's connections to Plame affair, Pakistan, and Turkey, AntiWar.com, November 24, 2005.