David B. Shear
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| Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (acting) | |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Brian P. McKeon |
| Succeeded by | David Trachtenberg |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs | |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Claire A. Pierangelo |
| Preceded by | Mark W. Lippert |
| Succeeded by | Randall Schriver |
| United States Ambassador to Vietnam | |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Virginia E. Palmer |
| Succeeded by | Ted Osius |
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| Education | Earlham College (BA) Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (MA) |
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David Bruce Shear (born May 25, 1954)[1] is an American diplomat who was a career Foreign Service Officer.[2] Shear served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs from July 2014 to June 2016.[3] Prior to his nomination for this position, he served as United States Ambassador to Vietnam.[4] He was also formerly deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs at the U.S. Department of State;[5] he joined the State Department in 1982 and has served in Washington, Sapporo, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo.[5]
Born in Cobleskill, New York, Shear attended Clayton A. Bouton High School, graduating in 1971. He is a graduate of Earlham College with a B.A. degree in 1975. Shear also has a M.A. degree in international affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 1982, and was a Rusk Fellow at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.[1][5] He served as United States Ambassador to Vietnam from 2011 until leaving office in 2014.
Personal life
Shear is a black belt in kendo.[4] He and his wife Barbara have a daughter.[4] He speaks Chinese and Japanese.[6]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Biographical and Financial Information Requested of Nominees". Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 113th Congress (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 2015. pp. 402–404. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ David Bruce Shear (1954–)
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ambassador". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs: David B. Shear". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on November 30, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
External links
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