1. Robert Malley was born on 1963 and is an American lawyer, political scientist and specialist in conflict resolution, who was the lead negotiator on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
27 Facts About Robert Malley
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Robert Malley served in the National Security Council under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017.
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In November 2015, Robert Malley was named as President Obama's new special ISIS advisor.
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Robert Malley was tasked with bringing the United States and Iran into compliance with the JCPOA after it had been abandoned by former president Donald Trump.
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The elder Robert Malley spent time in New York, writing about international affairs, particularly about nationalist, anti-imperial movements in Africa, and made a key contribution by putting the FLN on the world map.
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Robert Malley attended Ecole Jeannine Manuel, a prestigious bilingual school in Paris, and graduated in the same class as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Robert Malley continued writing about foreign policy, including extended commentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Robert Malley earned a JD at Harvard Law School, where he met his future wife, Caroline Brown.
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Robert Malley served in the Clinton administration as Director for Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the National Security Council from 1994 to 1996.
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In October 1998, Robert Malley was appointed Special Assistant to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli Affairs, a post he held until the end of the administration in 2001.
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Robert Malley covered developments in the United States that affect policy toward the Middle East.
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The New York Times reported on February 18,2014, that Robert Malley was joining the Obama administration to consult on Persian Gulf policy as senior director of the National Security Council.
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Robert Malley was the lead US negotiator on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed on July 14,2015, which aimed to limit Iran's nuclear activities and ensure international inspections of its nuclear facilities in exchange for lifting economic sanctions.
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Robert Malley served till 2021 and was succeeded by Comfort Ero.
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At the time, the State Department made misleading statements that Robert Malley was only stepping back from some of his duties for personal reasons.
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Robert Malley said that he did not know why his clearance was suspended and hopes it will be reinstated soon.
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On June 29,2023, Robert Malley was placed on unpaid leave as special envoy to Iran after CNN reported on his security clearance suspension.
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Robert Malley was replaced in his role by Abram Paley as acting Special Envoy for Iran.
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The memo's veracity was backed by a person familiar with the Robert Malley investigation, according to Politico.
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When Robert Malley failed to appear for a Senate briefing, the State Department claimed to Congress that he was on "extended personal leave".
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Robert Malley has published several articles on the failed 2000 Camp David Summit in which he participated as a member of the US negotiating team.
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Robert Malley rejects the mainstream opinion that lays all the blame for the failure of the summit on Arafat and the Palestinian delegation.
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Robert Malley argues that negotiations with the Palestinians today must include Hamas because the Palestine Liberation Organization is no longer considered the Palestinian people's sole legitimate representative.
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Robert Malley describes the PLO as antiquated, worn out, barely functioning, and, because it does not include the broad Islamist current principally represented by Hamas, of questionable authority.
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Robert Malley was criticized after co-authoring an article in the July 8,2001, edition of The New York Times arguing that the blame the failure of the 2000 Camp David Summit should be divided among all three leaders who were present at the summit, Arafat, Barak, and Bill Clinton, not just Arafat, as was suggested by some mainstream policy analysts.
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Robert Malley told the Jewish Daily Forward that "it tends to cross the line when it becomes as personal and as un-based in facts as some of these have been".
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Simon Robert Malley was called a sympathizer of the PLO by Daniel Pipes.