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Biography
On January 18, 2000 Edward S. Walker, Jr. was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at at the U.S. Department of State. Ambassador Walker was nominated for this position by President Clinton on October 27, 1999 and confirmed by the Senate on November 11, 1999.
Mr. Walker most recently served as the Ambassador to Israel from 1997 to 1999. He has also served as Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt from 1994 to 1997, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations with Ambassadorial rank from 1993 to 1994, and as Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 1989 to 1992 through the period of the Gulf war.
