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Dubs was born in Chicago , Illinois and graduated from Beloit College in 1942 with a degree in Political Science . He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II . Later, he completed graduate studies at Georgetown University and foreign service studies at Harvard University and Washington University . He subsequently entered the United States Foreign Service as a career diplomat, and his postings included Germany , Liberia , Canada , Yugoslavia , and the Soviet Union . He became a noted Soviet expert, and in 1973-74 he served as ranking Charge D'affaires at the United States Embassy in Moscow . {Link without Title} In 1978 Dubs was appointed U.S. Ambassador to , following the Invasion Of The Year Before , and the embassy was closed in 1989 as security in Kabul deteriorated. His death is considered a "Significant Terrorist Incident" by the State Department.[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/pubs/fs/5902.htm At the time, however, the U.S. formally expressed its disapproval of the assault to Moscow. Documents released from the Soviet KGB archives by Vasily Mitrokhin in the 1990s showed that the Afghan government clearly authorized the assault despite forceful demands for peaceful negotiations by the U.S., and that the KGB adviser on scene, Sergei Batrukihn, may have recommended the assault, as well as the execution of a kidnapper before U.S. experts could interrogate him. {Link without Title} Other questions remain unanswered. Dubs is buried in Arlington National Cemetery . He is memorialized by the American Foreign Service Association with a plaque in the Truman Building in Washington, D.C. and by a memorial in Kabul.[http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9804/17/richardson.afghanistan/index.html SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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