Clinton Campaign Releases List of Foreign Policy Supporters
The Clinton campaign today released a list of more than 200 foreign policy experts and former officials who are supporting Senator Clinton for President. More than 150 served in the Administration of President Bill Clinton. The group includes two former secretaries of state, the former secretary of defense, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the former permanent representative to the United Nations, as well as the next generation of America’s foreign policy leaders.
"America has lost respect and leadership in the world," says Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. "Restoring our stature, making our world safer and protecting America’s interests requires a leader with a vision for America and the world. Few leaders today can match Hillary Clinton’s understanding of the opportunity for America to lead in a dangerous world."
General Wesley Clark, the former Supreme Allied Commander of Europe, said, "I know she has what it takes to end the war in Iraq, avert war with Iran, and restore our country’s standing in the world. These are tough times and Hillary Clinton is the right choice for America."
Among the other distinguished officials and experts advising Senator Clinton are Afghanistan war veteran Vice Admiral Joe Sestak, a member of Congress representing Pennsylvania and Major General Paul D. Eaton, who served with distinction in Iraq, and called on President Bush to accept the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for his mishandling of the Iraq war. In addition are former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, former US Permanent Representative to the United Nations and architect of the Dayton Accords, Richard Holbrooke, and General John M. Shalikashvili, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The list also includes the next generation of America’s foreign policy
leaders, with expertise ranging from public health to nonproliferation.
They have signed onto to Senator Clinton’s campaign in such large numbers
because they believe she is uniquely qualified to address the challenges
of the 21st century.
Former Clinton Administration Officials Supporting Senator Clinton*
Madeleine K. Albright - Secretary of State
J. Brady Anderson - Administrator, USAID
Christopher Ashby - Ambassador to Uruguay
Ronald D. Asmus - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
Harriet C. Babbitt - Administrator, USAID
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley - Ambassador to Portugal
Lt. Gen. Joseph Ballard, Commander, US Army Corps of Engineers
John P. Barker - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation Controls
Judith Barnett - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Middle East and North Africa, Department of Commerce
Charlene Barshefsky - U.S. Trade Representative
Daniel Benjamin - Director for Transnational Threats, NSC
James Blanchard - Ambassador to Canada
Susan Braden - Director for Central and Eastern Europe, NSC
Karen Brooks - Director for Asian Affairs, NSC
Amy L. Bondurant - Ambassador to the OECD
Edward P. Brynn - Ambassador to Ghana
Louis Caldera - Secretary of the Army
Kurt Campbell - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia and the Pacific
Ashton Carter - Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
Barry Carter - Deputy Under Secretary for Export Administration, Commerce Department
Sheila Cheston - General Counsel, Department of the Air Force
Timothy Chorba - Ambassador to Singapore
Edward Chow, Jr. - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Veterans Affairs
Warren Christopher - Secretary of State
General Wesley Clark - Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO
PJ Crowley - Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Public Affairs, NSC
Daniel Cruise - Director of Public Affairs, NSC
John Dalton - Secretary of the Navy
William Danvers - Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Legislative Affairs, NSC
Rudy de Leon - Deputy Secretary of Defense
Thomas E. Donilon - Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State, and Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
John Douglass - Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Tyler Drumheller - Europe Division Chief, Directorate of Operations, CIA
Robin Chandler Duke - Ambassador to Norway
Laura Efros - Director, International Economic Affairs, NSC
Robert J. Einhorn - Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation
Stuart Eizenstat - Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Lee Feinstein - Principal Deputy Director, Policy Planning Staff, State Department
Daniel Feldman - Director of Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs, NSC
Thomas Foley - Ambassador to Japan
Richard Fredericks - Ambassador to Switzerland
Edward E. Gabriel - Ambassador to Morocco
Peter Galbraith - Ambassador to Croatia
Suzy George - Deputy Chief of Staff, State Department
Gordon Giffin - Ambassador to Canada
Marc C. Ginsberg - Ambassador to Morocco
Hershel Gober - Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Matthew Gobush - Deputy Spokesman, NSC
Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon - Ambassador to Chile
David L. Goldwyn - Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs
Ernie Green - Chair, African Development Foundation
Maria Haley - Board Director, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Nina Hachigian - Special Assistant to the Deputy National Security Advisor
Morton H. Halperin - Director, Policy Planning Staff, State Department
Ruth Harkin - President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Anthony S. Harrington - Ambassador to Brazil
Richard C. Holbrooke - Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Stephen Honigman - General Counsel of the Navy
Donna Hrinak - Ambassador to Venezuela
Swanee G. Hunt - Ambassador to Austria
Robert Hunter - Ambassador to NATO
Karl F. Inderfurth - Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs
Lionel Johnson - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Development
James R. Jones - Ambassador to Mexico
Robert Jones - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
Jan Kalicki - Counselor to Department of Commerce
Paul G. Kaminski - Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
Mickey Kantor - Secretary of Commerce
Mary Lou Keener - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
Lt. Gen. Donald Kerrick, Deputy National Security Advisor
John Kornblum - Ambassador to Germany
Franklin D. Kramer - Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Bob Kyle - Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget
Philip Lader - Ambassador to United Kingdom
Vinca LaFleur - Special Assistant to the President and Director for Speechwriting, NSC
Carol Lancaster - Deputy Administrator, USAID
Luis Lauredo - Ambassador to the Organization of American States
David Leavy - Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Public Affairs, NSC
Jonathan Levitsky - Counselor to the Permanent Representative, USUN
Kenneth Lieberthal - Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, NSC
Evelyn S. Lieberman - Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Theresa Loar - Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues, State Department
James Lyons - Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State for Economic Initiatives in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Alphonso Maldon - Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel
Charles T. Manatt - Ambassador to Dominican Republic
Michelle Manatt - Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Mack McLarty - Special Envoy for the Americas
Tom McDonald - Ambassador to Zimbabwe
Gerald McGowen - Ambassador to Portugal
Mark Medish -Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs, NSC
Johanna Mendelson-Forman - Senior Policy Advisor, Bureau for Humanitarian Response, USAID
William Green Miller -
Judith Miller - General Counsel, Department of Defense
Walter F. Mondale - Ambassador to Japan
Richard L. Morningstar - Ambassador to European Union
George Munoz - President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Marc Nathanson - Chairman, Broadcasting Board of Governors
Joseph Nye - Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
David Ohrenstein - Senior Advisor, Export-Import Bank
Paul Orzulak - Director for Speechwriting, NSC
Joseph Paolino - Ambassador to Malta
Hugh Palmer - Assistant Administrator, Food and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID
Robert Perreault - Director, Medical Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
William J. Perry - Secretary of Defense
Jan Piercy - Executive Director, World Bank
Jack Pritchard - Senior Director for Asian Affairs, NSC
Joseph Reeder - Secretary of the Army
Anne Richard - Director, Office of Resources, Plans and Policy, State Department
Steve Ricchetti - Deputy Chief of Staff, White House
Kirk Robertson - Executive Vice President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Lula Rodriguez - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Peter F. Romero - Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
James C. Rosapepe - Ambassador to Romania
Tom Rosshirt - Director for Speechwriting, NSC
Stanley O. Roth - Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
David Rothkopf - Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
James P. Rubin - Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Mara Rudman - Deputy National Security Advisor
Peter Rundlet - Associate Counsel to the President; Counsel, 9/11 Commission
Richard Schifter - Special Assistant to the President and Counselor, NSC
Cynthia P. Schneider - Ambassador to Netherlands
Arthur L. Schechter - Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Jill Schuker - Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Public Affairs, NSC
Vice Admiral Joseph A. Sestak, Jr., Director, Defense Policy, NSC
Stephen Sestanovich - Ambassador-at-large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States
General John M. Shalikashvili - Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Shattuck - Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights and Labor
Derek Shearer - Ambassador to Finland
Wendy R. Sherman - Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State, and North Korea Policy Coordinator
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia
Susan Shirk - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Elaine K. Shocas - Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State
Terry Shumaker - Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago
Thomas L. Siebert - Ambassador to Sweden
Steven Simon - Senior Director for Transnational Threats, NSC
Jeffrey Smith - General Counsel, CIA
Gene Sperling - Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director, National Economic Council; Leading expert on global education
Daniel L. Spiegel - U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva
Carl Spielvogel - Ambassador to the Slovak Republic
Joan E. Spero - Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
Paula Stern - Chairwoman, U.S. International Trade Commission
Todd D. Stern - Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary and Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury
Ambassador James Sweeney - Special Representative of the President for Arms Control and Nonproliferation
John Tedstrom - Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs, NSC
Laura Tyson - Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director, National Economic Council
Arturo Valenzuela - Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Inter-American Affairs, NSC
Vanessa Weaver - Governing Member of the Board, Export-Import Bank
Toni G. Verstandig - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Melanne Verveer - Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady
William Wechsler - Director for Transnational Threats, NSC
Togo D. West, Jr. - Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Andrew S. Weiss - Director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs, NSC
Maureen White - U.S. Representative to UNICEF
Ted Widmer - Director for Speechwriting, NSC
Sheila Widnall - Secretary of the Air Force
Doug Wilson - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Joseph C. Wilson - Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs, NSC
Jonathan Winer - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Law Enforcement
Jon Wolfsthal - Special Policy Advisor to the Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Department of Energy
Lee Wolosky - Director for Transnational Threats, NSC
* Denotes Positions held during Clinton Administration
Other Foreign Policy Experts Supporting Senator Clinton
William Drozdiak - American Council on Germany
F. Gregory Gause - University of Vermont
F. Stephen Larrabee - National Security Analyst
Michael Levi - Council on Foreign Relations
Eric Lohr - American University
Vali Nasr - Naval Post Graduate School
Trevor Nielson - The Global Business Coalition on HIV/ADIS
Shannon O'Neil - Council on Foreign Relations
Diane Orentlicher - Washington College of Law, American University
Orville Schell - University of California, Berkeley
Stephen Schlesinger - New York University
Julia Sweig - Council on Foreign Relations
Ray Takeyh - Council on Foreign Relations
Additional Flag Officers Supporting Senator Clinton
General Johnnie Wilson
Lt. General Joe Ballard
Lt. Gen. Robert Gard
Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy
Lt. Gen. Frederick Vollrath
Major General Roger Blunt
Major General George Buskirk, Jr.
Major General Edward L. Correa, Jr.
Major General Paul Eaton
Major General Paul D. Monroe, Jr.
Brigadier General Michael Dunn
Brigadier General Belisario Flores
Brigadier General Evelyn "Pat" Foote
Brigadier General Keith H. Kerr
Brigadier General Virgil Richard
Brigadier General Preston Taylor
Brigadier General Jack Yeager
Rear Admiral Connie Mariano
Rear Admiral David Stone
Rear Admiral Alan Steinman
Congressional Advisors on Foreign Policy and National Security
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Lantos (CA) - Chairman
Rep. Ackerman (NY)
Rep. Crowley (NY)
Rep. Engel (NY)
Rep. Hinojosa (TX)
Rep. Meeks (NY)
Rep. Scott (GA)
Rep. Sherman (CA)
Rep. Sires (NJ)
Rep. Watson (CA)
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Menendez (NJ)
House Armed Services
Rep. Andrews (NJ)
Rep. Gillibrand (NY)
Rep. Meek (FL)
Rep. Snyder (AR)
Rep. Tauscher (CA)
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen. Bayh (IA)
Sen. Pryor (AR)
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Rep. Hastings (FL) - Vice Chairman
Rep. Boswell (IA)
Rep. Ruppersberger (MD)
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Sen. Feinstein (CA)
Sen. Mikulski (MD)
Sen. Whitehouse (RI)
House Committee on Homeland Security
Rep. Christian-Christensen (VI)
Rep. Clarke (NY)
Rep. Cuellar (TX)
Rep. Harman (CA)
Rep. Jackson Lee (TX)
Rep. Langevin (RI)
Rep. Pascrell, Jr. (NJ)
House Appropriation Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Rep. Roybal-Allard (CA)
Rep. Serrano (NY)
House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign, and Related Operations
Rep. Lowey (NY) - Chairwoman
Rep. Israel (NY)
Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Sen. Inouye (HI) - Chairman
House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Rep. Maloney (NY)
Rep. Lynch (MA)
Rep. Higgins (NY)