US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Members of the US State Department's in-house think tank, chaired by the Director of Policy Planning.

"Created in 1947 by George Kennan at the request of Secretary of State George C. Marshall, the Policy Planning Staff (S/P) serves as a source of independent policy analysis and advice for the Secretary of State. The Policy Planning Staff's mission is to take a longer term, strategic view of global trends and frame recommendations for the Secretary of State to advance U.S. interests and American values."

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael Armacost	Diplomat	15-Apr-1937		US Ambassador to Japan, 1989-93
Reginald Bartholomew	Diplomat	17-Feb-1936		US Ambassador to Italy, 1993-97
Sandy Berger	Government	28-Oct-1945		National Security Advisor for Bill Clinton
Christian D. Brose	Journalist	1979		Chief Speechwriter to US Secretary of State
Zbigniew Brzezinski	Government	28-Mar-1928		National Security Advisor, 1977-81
Mary Ann Casey	Diplomat	11-Nov-1949		US Ambassador to Algeria, 1991-94
Jared Cohen	Government	c. 1982		Children of Jihad
Stephen P. Cohen	Scholar	c. 1946		Foreign policy analyst
G. Lewis Jones	Diplomat	18-May-1907	13-Nov-1971	US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1956-59
Alan Keyes	Radio Personality	7-Aug-1950		Illinois carpetbagger
Foy D. Kohler	Diplomat	15-Feb-1908	23-Dec-1990	US Ambassador to USSR, 1962-66
Stephen Krasner	Educator	15-Feb-1942		State Dept Policy Planning Dir., 2005-07
Douglas H. Paal	Diplomat	?		Director, American Institute in Taiwan, 2002-06
Susan Kaufman Purcell	Scholar	c. 1941		Center for Hemispheric Study
Arnold L. Raphel	Diplomat	16-Mar-1943	17-Aug-1988	US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1987-88
Thomas W. Simons	Diplomat	4-Sep-1938		US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1995-98
Robert C. Strong	Diplomat	29-Sep-1915	28-Dec-1999	US Ambassador to Iraq, 1963-67
Larry Wilkerson	Government	c. 1946		Former aide to Colin Powell

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