David Bruce Shear | |
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| Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (acting) | |
| In office June 10, 2016 –January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Brian P. McKeon |
| Succeeded by | David Trachtenberg |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs | |
| In office July 17,2014 –June 10,2016 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Claire A. Pierangelo |
| Preceded by | Peter R. Lavoy (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Kelly E. Magsamen (acting) |
| United States Ambassador to Vietnam | |
| In office August 4,2011 –August 8,2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Virginia E. Palmer |
| Succeeded by | Ted Osius |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 24,1954 Cobleskill,New York |
| Education | Earlham College (BA) Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (MA) |
David Bruce Shear (born May 25,1954) [1] is an American diplomat who was a career Foreign Service Officer. [2] Shear served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs from July 2014 to June 2016. [3] Prior to his nomination for this position,he served as United States Ambassador to Vietnam. [4] He was also formerly deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs at the U.S. Department of State; [5] he joined the State Department in 1982 and has served in Washington,Sapporo,Beijing,Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo. [5]
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Born in Cobleskill,New York,Shear attended Clayton A. Bouton High School,graduating in 1971. He is a graduate of Earlham College with a B.A. degree in 1975. Shear also has a M.A. degree in international affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 1982,and was a Rusk Fellow at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. [1] [5] He served as United States Ambassador to Vietnam from 2011 until leaving office in 2014.
