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Michael R. Carpenter is an American diplomat who served as United States ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the Biden administration. Education Carpenter holds a BA in international relations from Stanford University and a MA and PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. Career Carpenter was a career officer with the United States Foreign Service. He served as deputy director of the Office of Russian Affairs, special assistant for the under secretary for political affairs, political-military officer in the Office of European Security, and political affairs and advisor on regional conflicts in the Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts. He served overseas in the U.S. Embassies in Poland, Slovenia, and Barbados. Carpenter then worked in the White House as a special advisor for Europe and Eurasia to then-Vice President Biden and as director for Russia at the National Security Council. From 2015 to 2017, he served in the Pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia, and Conventional Arms Control. He has most recently worked as the managing director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. US Ambassador to OSCE On June 23, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Carpenter as U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), with the rank of Ambassador. On September 15, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On October 19, 2021, his nomination was reported favorably out of committee. On November 3, 2021, he was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote. On November 29, 2021, he assumed office as ambassador after presenting his credentials to OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid. Carpenter resigned in April 2024; his final permanent council session was on March 14, 2024. Personal life Carpenter speaks Polish, Slovene, Czech, French, and German. References External links Appearances on C-SPAN. Discover the Michael Carpenter popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Michael Carpenter books.
Best Seller Michael Carpenter Books of 2024
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The First Poems in English
Michael AlexanderThis selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. Heroic poems celebrate courage, l...
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Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups
Ben HoldenThere are few more precious routines than that of the bedtime story. So why do we discard this invaluable ritual as grownups to the detriment of our wellbeing and good health?...
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Starvation Lake
Bryan GruleyFinalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, Harlan Coben meets early Dennis Lehane in this “smashing debut thriller” (Chicago Tribune), set in a small northern Michigan town...
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The Hanging Tree
Bryan GruleyWHEN GRACIE McBRIDE, the wild girl who had left town eighteen years earlier, is found dead in an apparent suicide shortly after her homecoming, it sends shock waves through her nat...
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The Skeleton Box
Bryan GruleyDoes Gus Carpenter really want to know what’s inside the skeleton box? In Anthony– and Barry Award–winning author Bryan Gruley’s gripping new novel, Gus must decide if the truth is...
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Green on Blue
Elliot AckermanFrom the author of Waiting for Eden and the National Book Award Finalist Dark at the Crossing, a “compassionate, provocative, and alive” (Vogue.com) debut war story about a young A...