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Robert Bruce Zoellick (born July 25 , 1953 ) is the current United States Deputy Secretary Of State . Before his present position, he served as United States Trade Representative from February 7 , 2001 until February 22 , 2005 . Robert Zoellick also serves or has served as a board member on a number of private and public organizations: and the Trilateral Commission . BACKGROUND Zoellick was raised in Naperville, Illinois , and has German ancestors. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1975 from Swarthmore College and received his J.D. from the Harvard Law School and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School Of Government in 1981 . {Link without Title} {Link without Title} CAREER Government service (1985-1992) Zoellick served in various positions at the Department of the Treasury from 1985 to 1988 , including Counselor to Secretary James Baker, Executive Secretary of the Department, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Policy. "During President H. W. Bush 's Administration, Bob Zoellick served with Secretary of State James Baker as Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs, as well as Counselor to the Department (Under Secretary rank). In August 1992 , Ambassador Zoellick was appointed White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President."[http://www.results.gov/leadership/bio_474.html] Zoellick was also appointed the President's personal representative, or Sherpa, for the G-7 Economic Summits in 1991 and 1992. Business and Academia, 1993-2001 After leaving government service, Ambassador Zoellick was appointed an Executive Vice President at Professor of National Security at the U.S. Naval Academy ( 1997 – 1998 ), Research Scholar at the Belfer Center For Science And International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and Senior International Advisor to Goldman Sachs . {Link without Title} {Link without Title} During the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election campaign Zoellick served as a foreign policy advisor to George W. Bush as part of a group led by Condoleezza Rice that called itself The Vulcans . US Trade Representative, 2001-2005 Named U.S. Trade Representative at the beginning of President George W. Bush 's first term, Zoellick was a member of the Executive Office , with the rank of Ambassador. According to the U.S. Trade Representative web site, Zoellick completed negotiations to bring China and Taiwan into the World Trade Organization (WTO), developed a strategy to launch new global trade negotiations at the WTO meeting at Doha, shepherded Congressional action on the Jordan Free Trade Agreement and the Vietnam Trade Agreement, and worked with Congress to pass the Trade Act of 2002 , which included new Trade Promotion Authority. {Link without Title} Deputy Secretary of State, 2005- On , 2005 . VIEWS Zoellick's approach to public policy to date appears to be more that of a committed nationalist than that of a free-trader, according to Tom Barry, the policy director of the International Relations Center, who has written that Zoellick "regards free trade philosophy and free trade agreements as instruments of U.S. national interests. When the principles of free trade affect U.S. short-term interests or even the interests of political constituencies, Zoellick is more a mercantilist and unilateralist than free trader or multilateralist." {Link without Title} While not usually considered a , Paul Wolfowitz , Richard Perle , Elliott Abrams , Zalmay Khalilzad , John R. Bolton , Richard Armitage , William Kristol , and others) of a Jan. 26, 1998 letter to President Bill Clinton drafted by the Project For A New American Century calling for "removing Saddam's regime from power." {Link without Title} A central focus of Zoellick since taking the position of deputy secretary of state has been Sudan , which he has visited four times. He supports expanding a United Nations force in the Darfur region to replace the African Union soldiers who are struggling to keep the peace there. |
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