Complex sentence: Frederick "Rick" Barton (born September 5,1949) is a United States diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations at the U.S. Department of State until September 2014.
Split into simpler sentences: Frederick "Rick" Barton (born September 5,1949) is a United States diplomat. He served as the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations at the U.S. Department of State until September 2014.