'Sean McCormack' is a
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State. He was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Department Spokesman on
June 2 2005.
Immediately prior to returning to the State Department, McCormack was Special Assistant to the President, Spokesman for the
National Security Council, and Deputy
White House Press Secretary for Foreign Policy.
McCormack began his career in the
Foreign Service in 1995. He served at the U.S. embassy in
Ankara from 1996 to 1998, where he was assigned as the
Persian-speaking officer in the consular section. He was posted to the U.S. embassy in
Algiers from 1998 to 1999, with responsibility for economic reporting and consular issues.
McCormack was posted to the State Department Operations Center in 1999 before moving to the Executive Secretariat Staff ('The Line'). He was detailed to the
National Security Council Staff in 2001.
Prior to joining the Foreign Service, McCormack was an analyst at the
Meridian Corporation working on issues related to arms control and non-proliferation.
McCormack graduated from
Colby College in 1986 with a Bachelor’s degree in economics. He received an M.A. in international relations from the
University of Maryland, College Park in 1990 (
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