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Who's Who in U.S. Middle East Policy?


(Yahoo News) Laura Rozen - The Obama administration Middle East team has been undergoing some transition. With the departure of Dennis Ross, the NSC's senior director for the Persian Gulf Puneet Talwar and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon have been leading the Iran portfolio, along with WMD czar Gary Samore and his team on the non-proliferation front. The Iran portfolio in the State Department has been turned over to Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, who is working closely with Iran sanctions czar Bob Einhorn, energy resources advisor Carlos Pascual, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for energy Amos Hochstein on strategizing with countries around the globe on ways to squeeze Iran's oil export revenues, while avoiding a spike in oil prices.
2012-01-19 00:00:00
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