Ryan Crocker

Ryan Clark Crocker born June 19 1949 is a retired American diplomat who served as a career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom he served as United States ambassador to Afghanistan 20112012 Iraq 20072009 Pakistan 20042007 Syria 19982001 Kuwait 19941997 and Lebanon 19901993 In January 2010 he became dean of Texas AM Universitys George Bush School of Government and Public Service Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called Crocker one of our very best foreign service officers President George W Bush called him Americas Lawrence of Arabia and noted that General David Petraeus had said that it was a great honor for me to be his military wingman Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Crocker licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia