July
17, 2002, 3:05 p.m. Cancel
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State Department official takes action.
By NRO Staff
ne career State Department official isn't going to stand by idly while
the department's reputation suffers during the gathering "Visa Express"
scandal. No, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Elizabeth
Jones decided to take action today: She had an assistant call NR
to cancel her subscription. Unfortunately, the assistant didn't know whether
her boss was actually a subscriber or merely received a free copy that
routinely goes to people who are assistant secretaries of state. NR's
subscription operation quickly determined that Ambassador Jones is not
a paid subscriber, so was just canceling her comp subscription. Hey, it's
the thought that counts! To learn more about NR's newest non-subscriber
(well, to be technical, newest non-comp-copy receiver) see below:
A. Elizabeth Jones,
of Bethesda, Maryland, was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for European
and Eurasian Affairs on May 31, 2001. Previously, she served as Senior
Advisor for Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy after having been Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary in the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern
Affairs (1998-2000). Ms. Jones was Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan
(1995-98) and Executive Assistant to Secretary of State Warren Christopher
(1993-94). Her other Washington assignments include Deputy Director for
Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq (1983-84), Lebanon Desk Officer (1981-83),
and public affairs officer in the Near East and South Asia Bureau (1972-73).
Her overseas assignments
were concentrated in the Middle East, South Asia, and Germany. She was
Deputy Chief of Mission in Bonn, Germany (1992-93) and in Islamabad,
Pakistan (1988-92). She headed the Economic/Commercial Section in the
U.S. Mission in West Berlin (1985-88). She served as Deputy Principal
Officer in the U.S. Interests Section in Baghdad, Iraq (1979-80), Political
Officer in Amman, Jordan (1977-79) and in Cairo, Egypt (1973-75). She
studied Arabic in Beirut, Tunis, and Cairo (1975-77). Her first Foreign
Service post was Kabul, Afghanistan (1971-72); she joined the Foreign
Service in October 1970.
Ambassador Jones
was born in Germany in 1948, while her parents were assigned there with
the U.S. Foreign Service. She attended local high schools in Moscow,
U.S.S.R., and West Berlin, Germany, while her parents were on diplomatic
assignments there. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1970 with
a B.A. in history and in 1986 earned a Masters degree in international
relations from Boston University's overseas program in Berlin. Ambassador
Jones speaks Russian, German, and Arabic and is a career member of the
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister. She is married and
has two children.
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ne career State Department official isn't going to stand by idly while
the department's reputation suffers during the gathering "Visa Express"
scandal. No, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Elizabeth
Jones decided to take action today: She had an assistant call NR
to cancel her subscription. Unfortunately, the assistant didn't know whether
her boss was actually a subscriber or merely received a free copy that
routinely goes to people who are assistant secretaries of state. NR's
subscription operation quickly determined that Ambassador Jones is not
a paid subscriber, so was just canceling her comp subscription. Hey, it's
the thought that counts! To learn more about NR's newest non-subscriber
(well, to be technical, newest non-comp-copy receiver) see below:
