1. Barbara Bodine currently serves as the Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and Director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University.
19 Facts About Barbara Bodine
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Barbara Bodine became a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, Gamma Rho chapter, fraternity for women.
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Barbara Bodine received her master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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Barbara Bodine studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Department of State's Language Training Field Schools in Taiwan and Tunisia.
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Barbara Bodine is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and serves on the board of directors of the UCSB Alumni Association and on the advisory council to the Program on Southwest Asian and Islamic Civilization Studies at the Fletcher School.
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Barbara Bodine was the recipient of the UC Santa Barbara Distinguished Alumni Award in 1991.
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Barbara Bodine has twice served in the Bureau of Near East Affairs' Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs, first as Country Officer for the Yemenis, then as Political-Military officer for the peninsula.
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Barbara Bodine had assignments as Deputy Principal Officer in Baghdad, and as Deputy Chief of Mission in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion and occupation in 1990.
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Barbara Bodine was awarded the Secretary of State's Award for Valor for her work in occupied Kuwait during the Gulf War.
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Barbara Bodine went on to serve as the Dean of Professional Studies at the Department's Foreign Service Institute.
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Barbara Bodine has worked on the secretariat staff of Secretaries Kissinger and Vance, and as a Congressional Fellow in the office of former US Senator Bob Dole.
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Barbara Bodine is an Advisory Board Member of Spirit of America, a 501 organization that supports the safety and success of Americans serving abroad and the local people and partners they seek to help.
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On November 7,1997, Barbara Bodine was appointed to be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen.
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When O'Neill briefly traveled back to New York for Thanksgiving, Barbara Bodine denied his re-entry visa, blocking O'Neill from returning to Yemen to continue the investigation on the USS Cole bombing.
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Barbara Bodine was furious when O'Neill arrived with 150 investigators and other staff; she had thought she had an understanding with O'Neill that his staff would total no more than 50.
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Barbara Bodine was appointed coordinator for central Iraq in charge of Baghdad by the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, which became the Coalition Provisional Authority on April 21,2003.
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Barbara Bodine was removed from that position soon thereafter on May 11,2003, when Paul Bremer was brought in to replace retired General Jay Garner as CPA Administrator.
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Barbara Bodine criticized the withdrawal of support the USA was providing to enhance the governance and infrastructure in Yemen, warning against US unilateral military intervention there:.
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Barbara Bodine was portrayed by Jennifer Ehle in the Hulu miniseries adaptation of The Looming Tower.