Daniel Bennett Smith
Daniel Bennett Smith (born 1956) is the current Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research at the United States Department of State, assuming the post on April 24, 2014.[1]
Early life and education
Smith obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and an M.A. and PhD from Stanford University.[1][2] His dissertation is entitled "Toward Internationalism: New Deal Foreign Economic Policy, 1933-39", and was completed in 1983.[3]
Department of State
Under President Barack Obama, Smith served as the United States Ambassador to Greece from 2010 to 2013.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Daniel B. Smith". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017.
- ^ "Class Notes – March 2011". The Alumni Association of the University of Colorado Boulder. March 1, 2011. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017.
After fulfilling his award-winning duties as a career officer in the Senior Foreign Service, Daniel Bennett Smith (Hist'77) has served as U.S. ambassador to Greece since September. Before this role, he served as executive secretary of the State Department.
- ^ Evans, Peter B.; Jacobson, Harold Karan; Putnam, Robert D., eds. (1993). Double-edged Diplomacy: International Bargaining and Domestic Politics. University of California Press. p. 202. ISBN 9780520076815.
- ^ Office of the Historian. "Daniel Bennett Smith (1956–)". Archived from the original on June 2, 2017.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Greece) Appointed: August 8, 2010 Presentation of Credentials: September 28, 2010 Termination of Mission: Left post on August 5, 2013