The Way Forward in Iraq with Amb. David Satterfield
Ambassador David M. Satterfield became Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq in August 2006, following his service as Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy Baghdad from May 2005. Prior to Iraq, he was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs from June 2004 until May 2005 and Deputy Assistant Secretary for the previous three years. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon from September 1998 to June 2001. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Ambassador Satterfield was a director for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council from 1993 to 1996. Ambassador Satterfield entered the Foreign Service in 1980, and has served overseas in Jeddah, Tunis, Beirut, and Damascus. He speaks Arabic and French.
