Thomas Pickering

Thomas R. Pickering (b. 5 Nov. 1931- ) served as U.S. Ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, Nigeria, Jordan, and El Salvador (during the height of the repression and death squad activity).
==Professional History==
*2008: Pickering admits that he was party to "US-Iran back channel talks".Bush to Nasrallah: An Offer Hezbollah Cannot Refuse? - Part I, Palestine Chronicle, 24 April 2008.
*December 2005: Joins Ariel Sharon's Kadima partyAkiva Eldar, "America's man in the Middle East," Haaretz, 16 December 2005. However, it is most likely that he "joined" in jest.
*January 2001: Boeing Corporation, senior vice president for International Relations and a member of the Boeing Executive Council.
*May 1997 to 2001: Under Secretary for political affairs (retired in January 2001)
*1993 to 1996: US ambassador to Russian Federation
*1992 to 1993: US ambassador to India
*1989 to 1992: Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations 
*1985 to 1988: US ambassador to Israel
*1983 to 1985: US ambassador to El Salvador (at the height of the death squad activity and war)
*1981 to 1983: US ambassador to Nigeria
*1978 to 1981: Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
*1974 to 1978: US ambassador to Jordan
*1973 to 1974: Executive Secretary of the Department of State and Special Assistant to Secretaries William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger 
*1967 to 1969: Deputy Chief of Mission in Dar Es Salaam
*1962 to 1964: Political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference in Geneva.
*1959 to 1961 Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department, in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
*1956 to 1959: U.S. Navy
*1954: Masters degree, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
*1953: graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine 
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== Affiliations == 
*American Academy of Diplomacy – ChairmanBoard, American Academy of Diplomacy, accessed 30 July 2007. 
*American Iranian Council – Director
*Aspen Institute – Trustee
*Carnegie Corporation of New York – Trustee
*Center for Democracy – Director
*Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) – Member
*Eurasia Foundation – former President
*George C. Marshall Foundation – Trustee
*Henry L. Stimson Center – Director
*International Crisis Group - co-Chair
*International Economic Alliance – International Advisory BoardAdvisory Boards, International Economic Alliance, accessed 16 January 2008.
*International Institute for Strategic Studies – Member
*National Bureau of Asian Research (NBAR) – Director
*National Committee on American Foreign Policy – TrusteePrincipals, National Committee on American Foreign Policy, accessed 13 September 2007.
*Partnership for a Secure America – Advisory Board
*Task Force on the United Nations – Member
==Contact, References and Resources==
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===Resources===
====Publications by Thomas R. Pickering====
*"U.S.-Russia relations: building trade and investment" (speech), Vital Speeches of the Day, December 1, 1994 (v61 n4 p100(4)).
*"The Transatlantic Partnership: A History of Defending Freedom; A Future for Extending It." Address at Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT), Old Dominion University Symposium, Norfolk, Virginia, October 30, 1998.
*with James R. Schlesinger, "Weighing the Price of Rebuilding Iraq", The New York Times, April 12, 2003. Also see supporting CFR document.
*Transcript: "What Future for the UN? A Prelude to the 58th UN General Assembly," Council on Foreign Relations, September 9, 2003.
*with James R. Schlesinger and Eric Schwartz, "Iraq: One Year After", Independent Task Force Report, Council on Foreign Relations, March 2004.
*with James F. Dobbins and James R. Schlesinger, Transcript: "Iraq: One Year After," Council on Foreign Relations, March 9, 2004.
*with James R. Schlesinger, "Keep Iraq above Politics", Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2004.
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