Ryan Clark Crocker (born June 19, 1949) is an American retired diplomat who served as a
career ambassador
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within the
United States Foreign Service
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and a recipient of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom
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. He has served as
United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
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(2011–2012),
Iraq
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(2007–2009),
Pakistan
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(2004–2007),
Syria
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(1998–2001),
Kuwait
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(1994– 1997), and
Lebanon
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(1990–1993). In January 2010, he became Dean of
Texas A&M University
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's
George Bush School of Government and Public Service
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.
Former
Secretary of State Colin Powell
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called Crocker "one of our very best foreign service officers".
President
George W. Bush
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called him "America's
Lawrence of Arabia
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" and noted that General
David Petraeus
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had said that "it was a great honor for me to be his military
wingman
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According to th ...
".
Early life and education
Crocker was born in
Spokane, Washington
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.
[''Whitman College Magazine'' interview with Ryan Crocker (pdf)](_blank)
/ref> Growing up, he had family members in the U.S. Air Force and in Turkey. He lived in Morocco, Canada and Turkey. Crocker attended University College Dublin
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and Whitman College
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in Walla Walla, Washington
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, where he received a Bachelor of Arts
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in English literature
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in 1971 and was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon
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fraternity.
Career
Diplomatic posts
After graduating from college, he joined the United States Foreign Service
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, and after Persian language
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training, he was assigned to the American Consulate in Khorramshahr
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, Iran
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, in 1972. His subsequent assignment was to the newly established embassy in Doha
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, Qatar
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, in 1974 as an economic-commercial officer, and in 1976 Crocker returned to Washington, D.C.
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, for long-term Arabic training. He completed the 20-month program at the Foreign Service Institutes Arabic School in Tunis
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in June 1978. Crocker was then assigned as chief of the economic-commercial section at the U.S. Interests Section in Baghdad
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, Iraq. Crocker served in Beirut
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, Lebanon
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, as chief of the political section from 1981 to 1984. On September 18, 1982, he reported back to the Department of State about the Sabra and Shatila massacre
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. He also survived the 1983 United States Embassy bombing
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.
He spent the 1984–85 academic year at Princeton University
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as a mid-career fellow under State Department auspices, in Near Eastern studies. He served as deputy director of the Office of Israel and Arab–Israeli affairs from 1985 to 1987 and was a political counselor at the American Embassy in Cairo
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from 1987 to 1990. Following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
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in August 1990, Crocker became the director of the Iraq–Kuwait Task Force.
In 1998, as the Ambassador to Syria, his residence was plundered by an angry mob.
In the days after the 9/11 attacks
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, Crocker and other senior U.S. State Department officials flew to Geneva
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to meet secretly with representatives of the government of Iran
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. For several months, Crocker and his Iranian counterparts under Major General Qasem Soleimani
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cooperated on capturing Al Qaeda
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operatives in the region and fighting the Taliban
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government in Afghanistan. These meetings stopped after President George W. Bush
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's "Axis of evil
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" speech hardened Iranian attitudes toward cooperating with the U.S.
In January 2002, he was appointed interim chargé d'affaires
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to the new government of Afghanistan
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, and was confirmed as Ambassador to Pakistan in October 2004. In September 2004, President Bush nominated and appointed him to the diplomatic rank
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of Career Ambassador
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, the highest rank in the Foreign Service
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, equivalent to a four-star flag officer in the U.S. military.[About Ambassador Crocker, U.S. Department of State website](_blank)
On January 8, 2007, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
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announced that the Bush administration would nominate Crocker as the new American Ambassador to Iraq, replacing Zalmay Khalilzad
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, once that Khalilzad's confirmation to the post of Ambassador to the UN was complete. Before leaving Islamabad, Crocker joined Pakistani journalist Ahmed Quraishi
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in a farewell TV interview on state-run PTV, where he opened up about his experiences in Iraq and the Middle East. Crocker used the occasion to share an incident involving then Vice President Dick Cheney
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during a short surprise visit to Pakistan in February 2007.
On December 4, 2009, the Bush School of Government and Public Service
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announced the appointment of Crocker as its next dean, effective January 25, 2010.
Although retired from the State Department and the Foreign Service, Crocker was called upon by the Obama Administration and nominated by President Barack Obama
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in April 2011 to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
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. The appointment was confirmed by the United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
by unanimous consent
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on June 30, 2011. In July 2012 he stepped down, as announced in May due to unspecified health reasons. When he stepped down in July 2012 as ambassador in Kabul, Crocker was named an Honorary Marine
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by the United States Marine Corps
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.
In 2013, he received an honorary doctorate degree from the American University of Afghanistan, an institution he supports.
On May 10, 2013, he was nominated to serve as a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
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.
In December 2013, he voiced his opinion that America should quietly work with the Syrian government, despite its involvement in the Syrian Civil War, as a lesser of the evils.
In October 2020, Crocker received the Sylvanus Thayer Award presented by the United States Military Academy
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's Association of Graduates for exemplifying personal devotion West Point's motto: Duty, Honor, Country.
2002 memo concerning Iraq
According to the book, ''Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell'' by ''Washington Post'' reporter Karen DeYoung
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DeYoung was born in Florida and she grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. She received bachelor's degrees in journalism and co ...
, as the Bush administration was preparing for war with Iraq in late 2002, then-Secretary of State, Colin Powell
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ordered Crocker and then–Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, William J. Burns, to prepare a secret memo examining the risks associated with a U.S. invasion of Iraq. The six-page memo, titled "The Perfect Storm", stated that toppling Saddam Hussein
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could unleash long-repressed sectarian and ethnic tensions, that the Sunni
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minority would not easily relinquish power, and those powerful neighbors such as Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia would try to move in to influence events. It also cautioned that the United States would have to start from scratch in building a political and economic system because Iraq's infrastructure was in tatters.
Testimony before U.S. Congress
On September 10, 2007 Crocker and Commander of the Multi-National Forces in Iraq David H. Petraeus
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testified before the U.S. House of Representatives
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about the status of the Iraq war. Similar testimony was given on the following day to the U.S. Senate
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. In their "Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq
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", Crocker stated that "It is no exaggeration to say that Iraq is—and will remain for some time—a traumatized society."
Regarding the politics of Iraq
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, he said, "In many respects, the debates currently occurring in Iraq are akin to those surrounding our civil rights movement
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or struggle over states rights
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." He also said, "I do believe that Iraq's leaders have the will to tackle the country's pressing problems, although it will take longer than we originally anticipated because of the environment and the gravity of the issues before them." Crocker argued that "a secure, stable democratic Iraq at peace with its neighbors is attainable."
Personal life
On August 14, 2012, he was arrested in Spokane Valley, Washington
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for driving while intoxicated and leaving an automobile accident scene. In November he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of reckless driving. During court proceedings, it was stated that Crocker had been administered two blood alcohol tests after the accident, with the results of .160 and .152 percent, both exceeding the legal limit of .08. In addition, Crocker's attorney indicated that at the time of the accident, he had recently undergone brain surgery to treat a subdural hematoma
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, which might have negatively affected his cognitive abilities. Crocker was sentenced to a 30-day suspension of his driver's license, a $1,000 fine, and 24 months of probation. In addition, he was required to make restitution for the damage he caused to the other vehicle involved in the accident.
Honors
Crocker has received a Presidential Distinguished Service Award
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in 1994, the State Department Secretary's Distinguished Service Award
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in 2008 and 2012, the Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Awards in 1997 and 2008, and the Defense Distinguished Public Service Award in 2012. He also holds the State Department Distinguished Honor Award
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, Award for Valor, three Superior Honor Award
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s, and the American Foreign Service Association
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Rivkin Award.
References
External links
Profile
at the United States Department of State
Profile
at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University
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''The Independent
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'', November 7, 2006
Special Guest: Ambassador Ryan Crocker
''Stanford Review
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1949 births
Ambassadors of the United States to Afghanistan
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Ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon
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Ambassadors of the United States to Syria
Living people
People from Spokane, Washington
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
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Whitman College alumni
University College Dublin
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