- Kristen Silverberg
Kristen Silverberg is the
United States Ambassador to the European Union . She was nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush on April 24, 2008 and confirmed by theUnited States Senate on June 27, 2008. She was previouslyAssistant Secretary of State for International Organizations for the United States government. In that role, she was in charge of theBureau of International Organization Affairs , a part of the State Department.Prior to her appointment to the State Department , Silverberg served in the following positions in the
White House :
* Special Assistant to the President in the Office of the Chief of Staff
* Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
* Deputy Assistant to the President and Advisor to the Chief of Staff [ [http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/silverberg-bio.html whitehouse.gov - Biography of Kristen Silverberg] ]Silverberg also served as Senior Adviser to Paul Bremer when he was Administrator of the
Coalition Provisional Authority inIraq - reportedly "because she was interested in the work, and not at the behest of the White House" [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A14696-2003Apr12¬Found=true Bush Concerned by Iraq Looting, but Confident in Plan (washingtonpost.com)] ] . She has been described as a "rising star" [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/30/AR2005063001792_pf.html Iraq Hits a Flashing Red Light] ] in the White House, and as "one of the White House's most trusted behind-the-scenes aides."Prior to coming to work for the White House, Silverberg served as a
law clerk , first to Appellate CourtJudge David B. Sentelle , and later to Supreme Court JusticeClarence Thomas .Silverberg is a graduate of
Harvard University (having resided in Leverett House) and The University of Texas School of Law. While at law school, she wrote [http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/2005/Silverberg.pdf an article (PDF)] in 2002 encouraging fellow alumni to seek legal careers in government.References
External links
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/53040.htm Official State Department biography]
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