Sean McCormack (born 1964) is a former United States Assistant Secretary of State. He was sworn in as

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and Department Spokesman on June 2, 2005, and served until January 20, 2009. McCormack is currently vice president of Communications for

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Education

McCormack graduated from

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in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He received an M.A. in international relations from the

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in 1990.

Career

Prior to joining the Foreign Service, McCormack was an analyst at the Meridian Corporation working on issues related to arms control and non-proliferation.

Department of State

McCormack began his career in the

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in 1995. He served at the U.S. embassy in

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from 1996 to 1998, where he was assigned as the Persian-speaking officer in the consular section. He was posted to the U.S. embassy in

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from 1998 to 1999, with responsibility for economic reporting and consular issues. McCormack was posted to the State Department Operations Center in 1999 before moving to the Executive Secretariat Staff ("The Line"). He was detailed to the

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Staff in 2001. Immediately prior to returning to the State Department, McCormack was Special Assistant to the President, Spokesman for the National Security Council, and Deputy

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Press Secretary for Foreign Policy.

Executive

McCormack joined Boeing in 2009 and served as the vice president of Communications in Government Operations in the

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until 2014.

References

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