• Access to Foreign Governments, stakeholder introductions
  • Due diligence on foreign parties and conditions
  • Partnering arrangements
  • Troubleshooting foreign obstacles
  • International project experience
  • Familiarity with key Arab OPEC producers
  • Energy trends analysis and access to leading experts
  • Leader of 2000 study on geopolitics of oil prices with Robert Zoelick,Richard Armitage, Paul Wolfowitz and others
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  • Top U.S. defense export regulator, 2001-2005
  • Long experience with international defense cooperation
  • Management of U.S. Munitions List (USML) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
  • Decision authority on Commodity Jurisdiction issues (e.g. between State Department or Commerce Department)
  • Policy architect of strategic issues post-9/11
  • Interview in Defense News January 2005
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  • Knowledge, experience, information, insight
  • Experience and visibility working with several U.S. Government agencies and departments
  • Lead official in government-wide policy areas such as defense trade, international cooperation on critical infrastructure protection including cybersecurity, diplomatic dimension of Pentagon's global defense posture review, and negotiation of Article 98 bilateral agreements (regarding the International Criminal Court)
  • Responsible for coordinating/managing nearly $5 Billion in security assistance to allied and friendly countries worldwide
  • Responsible for sustaining military coalitions in Afghanistan (2001-05), Iraq (2002-05), Liberia (2003), Haiti (2004), and for arranging overflight and basing access for U.S. miltary forces worldwide after 9/11
  • Responsible for international programs such as $70 million landmine remediation programs in 35 countries, and bilateral arrangements to eliminate shoulder-fired missiles (MANPADS) from international circulation.
  • President Bush’s Special Representative on landmine action programs, 2001-2005.
  • Presentation to the Center for Strategic and International Studies on ways to improve the U.S. security assistance process March 2005
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