David D. Newsom
David D. Newsom | |
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United States Ambassador to Libya | |
| In office July 22, 1965 – June 21, 1969 | |
| President | Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Edwin Allan Lightner |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Palmer II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Dunlop Newsom January 6, 1918 |
| Died | March 30, 2008 (aged 90) |
David Dunlop Newsom (January 6, 1918 – March 30, 2008) was an American diplomat. He served as the
United States Ambassador to the Philippines from 1977 to 1978.[1]
In October 1979, when
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
, he used "David D. Newsom" as his temporary codename without Newsom's knowledge.
Newsom served as Acting Secretary of State in May 1980, and held the same position in January, 1981.[2]
Newsom was also the author of six books and a regular columnist for The Christian Science Monitor, contributing over 400 columns from 1981 to 2005.
On June 16, 2004, he joined a group of twenty-seven called Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change opposing the Iraq War.
Notes
- ^ "David Dunlap Newsom (1918–2008)". U.S. State Department. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ "David Dunlap Newsom (1918–2008)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
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