Complex sentence: Karl F. "Rick" Inderfurth (born 1946) was the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs from August, 1997 to January, 2001.
Split into simpler sentences: Karl F. "Rick" Inderfurth (born 1946) is an American diplomat. He was the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs from August, 1997 to January, 2001.