Career
Feeley joined the U.S. Department of State in 1990. He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. His career includes extensive experience in Latin American affairs,either at the Department of State in Washington,D.C.,and on assignments overseas. From 2004 to 2006,he was a Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of State,where he managed information flow for Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Mexico from 2009 to 2012. He has also held the positions of Director for Central American Affairs and Deputy Director for Caribbean Affairs. He served as the Summit of the Americas Coordinator,overseeing preparation for U.S. participation in the 2012 Cartagena Summit. Then as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs he had responsibility for the daily management of policy implementation and the supervision of 53 diplomatic posts. [5] Other overseas postings have included the Dominican Republic and Colombia.
In September 2014,he assessed the development of LGBT rights in Latin America saying "It is the cultural heritage of machismo,which is a bad thing in many ways ... not just in the manifestation of anti-LGBT attitudes". He added:"We have seen in some places —Argentina,Uruguay —some very progressive,advanced thinking". He expressed support for Wally Brewster,whose nomination to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic was encountering opposition because he was in a same-sex marriage. [6]
President Obama nominated him to be Ambassador to Panama on July 28,2015, [7] and the United States Senate approved the nomination on December 9,2015. [8] He presented his credentials to Juan Carlos Varela,President of Panama,and Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado,Minister of Foreign Affairs,on February 16,2016. [9]
Feeley resigned on December 27,2017,effective March 9,2018,due to policy differences with the Trump administration. [10] [11] [12] [13]
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