Frank Ruggiero
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Frank Ruggiero is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
(PM).Frank Ruggiero has replaced his late boss Richard Holbrooke as the acting special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. As the Bureau's second-ranking official, he serves as Acting Assistant Secretary in the absence of the Assistant Secretary and manages directly the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers. Mr. Ruggiero played a leading role in the negotiation of Defense Trade Treaties with the United Kingdom and Australia and initiated a series of defense trade reforms under National Security Presidential Directive 56. Mr. Ruggiero has played a leading role in the Department on U.S. security strategy in the Persian Gulf and on political-military issues in the Middle East. Mr. Ruggiero has served as DAS in the PM Bureau since January 2007.
Ruggiero is a career civil servant and has served in several positions in the Departments of State and Commerce. Mr. Ruggiero has an M.A. in Middle Eastern Affairs from American University
and has completed all requirements for a Ph.D. (but the dissertation) in U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia from the University of Virginia
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Ruggiero was born in Youngstown, Ohio
and is a 1982 graduate of Ursuline High School.
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is an agency within the United States Department of State that bridges the Department of State with the Department of Defense. It provides policy in the areas of international security, security assistance, military operations, defense strategy and policy,...
(PM).Frank Ruggiero has replaced his late boss Richard Holbrooke as the acting special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. As the Bureau's second-ranking official, he serves as Acting Assistant Secretary in the absence of the Assistant Secretary and manages directly the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers. Mr. Ruggiero played a leading role in the negotiation of Defense Trade Treaties with the United Kingdom and Australia and initiated a series of defense trade reforms under National Security Presidential Directive 56. Mr. Ruggiero has played a leading role in the Department on U.S. security strategy in the Persian Gulf and on political-military issues in the Middle East. Mr. Ruggiero has served as DAS in the PM Bureau since January 2007.
Ruggiero is a career civil servant and has served in several positions in the Departments of State and Commerce. Mr. Ruggiero has an M.A. in Middle Eastern Affairs from American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
and has completed all requirements for a Ph.D. (but the dissertation) in U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia from the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
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Ruggiero was born in Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
and is a 1982 graduate of Ursuline High School.