new HRC email from bill burns of which some is redacted
Who is William J burns?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Joseph_Burns
Career[edit]
U.S. Foreign Service[edit]
Ambassador Burns entered the Foreign Service in 1982, and served as Deputy Secretary of State from 2011 until 2014. Previously, he served as Under Secretary for Political Affairs from 2008 until 2011. He was U.S. Ambassador to Russia from 2005 until 2008, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2001 until 2005, and U.S. Ambassador to Jordan from 1998 until 2001. Before these, he was also Executive Secretary of the State Department and Special Assistant to Secretaries Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright; Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow; Acting Director and Principal Deputy Director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff; and Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council.
Burns, together with George Tenet was instrumental in forcing through the short-lived Israeli-Palestinian cease fire agreement of June 2001.[3][4] He played a leading role in the elimination of Libya’s illicit weapons program, and the secret bilateral channel with the Iranians that led to a historic interim agreement between Iran and the P5+1.,[5] and as well as in efforts to re-set relations with Russia early in the Obama Administration and in the strengthening of the strategic partnership with India. Secretary of State John Kerry lauded his "quiet, head-down, get-it-done diplomacy", stating that it had earned him the trust of both Republican and Democratic administrations; The Atlantic called him a “secret diplomatic weapon” deployed against some of the United States' thorniest foreign policy challenges.[6]
A cable Burns signed as ambassador and released by WikiLeaks[7] describing "a high society wedding in the Caucasus – complete with massive quantities of alcohol, lumps of gold and revolver-wielding drunkards" attended by President Ramzan Kadyrov,[8] received widespread international coverage, with historian Timothy Garton Ash writing that "Burns's analyses of Russian politics are astute," with the "highly entertaining account" of the wedding "almost worthy of Evelyn Waugh."[9]
Retirement from the Foreign Service[edit]
On April 11, the State Department announced Burns would step down as Deputy Secretary of State in October 2014, after he twice delayed his retirement first at the request of Secretary John Kerry and then at the request of President Obama,
From: Mills, Cheryl D <MillsCD©state.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 8:09 PM
To:
Subject: Fw: DS
Fysa - calling shortly
From: Burns, William
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 07:26 PM
To: Mills, Cheryl
Subject: DS
Ni,
Went down to talk to Eric this evening, but missed him. Sent him note, and will follow up tomorrow. Also had long talk
with Pat. He's coping, but as you well know it's not easy.
I like the Greg Starr idea.
Take care,
Bill
UNCLASSIFIED
U.S. Department of State
Case No. F-2015-04841
Doc No. C05739844
Date: 05/13/2015
STATE DEPT. - PRODUCED TO HOUSE SELECT BENGHAZI COMM.
SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT ON SENSITIVE INFORMATION & REDACTIONS. NO FOIA WAIVER. STATE-SCB0045827