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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Cardell_K._Richardson%2C_State_IG.jpg/175px-Cardell_K._Richardson%2C_State_IG.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Cardell_K._Richardson%2C_State_IG.jpg/263px-Cardell_K._Richardson%2C_State_IG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Cardell_K._Richardson%2C_State_IG.jpg/350px-Cardell_K._Richardson%2C_State_IG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1224" data-file-height="1666" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Cardell_K._Richardson" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardell K. Richardson">Cardell K. Richardson</a><br /></div>since May 20, 2024<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raymond_C._Miller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raymond C. Miller (page does not exist)">Raymond C. Miller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">1957</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.stateoig.gov">Official website</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Inspector General of the Department of State</b> heads the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Inspector_General_of_the_Department_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State">Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State</a> and is responsible for detecting and investigating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a>. In the department, the Inspector General has a rank equivalent to an <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of State">Assistant Secretary of State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Inspectors_General_of_the_Department_of_State">List of Inspectors General of the Department of State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inspector_General_of_the_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of Inspectors General of the Department of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Assumed office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> served under </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raymond_C._Miller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raymond C. Miller (page does not exist)">Raymond C. Miller</a> </td> <td>November 19, 1957 </td> <td>October 31, 1960 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerald_A._Drew" title="Gerald A. Drew">Gerald A. Drew</a> </td> <td>November 13, 1960 </td> <td>May 31, 1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Norris_S._Haselton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Norris S. Haselton (page does not exist)">Norris S. Haselton</a> </td> <td>June 10, 1962 </td> <td>July 31, 1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fraser_Wilkins" title="Fraser Wilkins">Fraser Wilkins</a> </td> <td>July 23, 1964 </td> <td>August 8, 1971 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_W._McElhiney" title="Thomas W. McElhiney">Thomas W. McElhiney</a> </td> <td>July 1, 1971 </td> <td>July 18, 1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_S._Sutterlin" title="James S. Sutterlin">James S. Sutterlin</a> </td> <td>October 15, 1973 </td> <td>August 31, 1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Yost" title="Robert L. Yost">Robert L. Yost</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>August 31, 1974 </td> <td>April 16, 1975 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_E._Schaufele,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William E. Schaufele, Jr.">William E. Schaufele, Jr.</a> </td> <td>April 16, 1975 </td> <td>November 29, 1975 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_M._Sayre" title="Robert M. Sayre">Robert M. Sayre</a> </td> <td>November 25, 1975 </td> <td>May 1, 1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Grove" title="Brandon Grove">Brandon Grove</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>May 1, 1978 </td> <td>July 5, 1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Theodore_L._Eliot,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.">Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.</a> </td> <td>July 5, 1978 </td> <td>October 16, 1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Brewster" title="Robert C. Brewster">Robert C. Brewster</a> </td> <td>January 15, 1979 </td> <td>January 18, 1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Lyle_Brown&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Lyle Brown (page does not exist)">Robert Lyle Brown</a> </td> <td>July 7, 1981 </td> <td>June 30, 1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Caldwell_Harrop" class="mw-redirect" title="William Caldwell Harrop">William Caldwell Harrop</a> </td> <td>December 12, 1983 </td> <td>August 27, 1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byron_Hollingsworth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Byron Hollingsworth (page does not exist)">Byron Hollingsworth</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>August 27, 1986 </td> <td>August 14, 1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sherman_M._Funk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sherman M. Funk (page does not exist)">Sherman M. Funk</a> </td> <td>August 14, 1987 </td> <td>February 15, 1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roscoe_S._Suddarth" title="Roscoe S. Suddarth">Roscoe S. Suddarth</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>February 15, 1994 </td> <td>June 12, 1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harold_W._Geisel" title="Harold W. Geisel">Harold W. Geisel</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>June 12, 1994 </td> <td>April 7, 1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers </td> <td>April 7, 1995 </td> <td>January 31, 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_Marie_Sigmund" title="Anne Marie Sigmund">Anne Marie Sigmund</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>February 4, 2001 </td> <td>August 3, 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clark_Ervin" title="Clark Ervin">Clark Ervin</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>August 3, 2001 </td> <td>January 23, 2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_Marie_Sigmund" title="Anne Marie Sigmund">Anne Marie Sigmund</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>January 24, 2003 </td> <td>September 28, 2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_W._Patterson" title="Anne W. Patterson">Anne W. Patterson</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>September 28, 2003 </td> <td>August 3, 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_E._Lange" title="John E. Lange">John E. Lange</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>August 3, 2004 </td> <td>August 23, 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W.Bush" class="mw-redirect" title="George W.Bush">George W.Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cameron_R._Hume" title="Cameron R. Hume">Cameron R. Hume</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>August 23, 2004 </td> <td>May 2, 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_Krongard" title="Howard Krongard">Howard Krongard</a> </td> <td>May 2, 2005 </td> <td>January 15, 2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_E._Todd" title="William E. Todd">William E. Todd</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>January 15, 2008 </td> <td>June 2, 2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harold_W._Geisel" title="Harold W. Geisel">Harold W. Geisel</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>June 2, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 30, 2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_A._Linick" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve A. Linick">Steve A. Linick</a> </td> <td>September 30, 2013<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>May 15, 2020<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Barack Obama and <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Akard" title="Stephen Akard">Stephen Akard</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>May 15, 2020 </td> <td>August 7, 2020<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Donald Trump </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diana_Shaw" title="Diana Shaw">Diana Shaw</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>August 7, 2020 </td> <td>August 31, 2020 </td> <td>Donald Trump </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Klimow" title="Matthew Klimow">Matthew Klimow</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>August 31, 2020 </td> <td>December 11, 2020<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Donald Trump </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diana_Shaw" title="Diana Shaw">Diana Shaw</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>December 11, 2020 </td> <td>April 5, 2024 </td> <td>Donald Trump and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sandra_J._Lewis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sandra J. Lewis (page does not exist)">Sandra J. Lewis</a><br /><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td>April 5, 2024 </td> <td>May 20, 2024 </td> <td>Joe Biden </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cardell_K._Richardson" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardell K. Richardson">Cardell K. Richardson</a> </td> <td>May 20, 2024 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td>Joe Biden </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Obama_and_Trump_administrations">Obama and Trump administrations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inspector_General_of_the_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Obama and Trump administrations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Recentism plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-Recentism" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ambox_clock_yellow.svg/40px-Ambox_clock_yellow.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ambox_clock_yellow.svg/60px-Ambox_clock_yellow.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ambox_clock_yellow.svg/80px-Ambox_clock_yellow.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>appears to be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Recentism" title="Wikipedia:Recentism">slanted towards recent events</a>.</b><span class="hide-when-compact"> Please try to keep recent events in historical perspective and <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inspector_General_of_the_Department_of_State&action=edit">add more content</a> related to non-recent events.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Harold W. Geisel served as acting Inspector General during <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>'s service as Secretary of State.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/member/harold-w-geisel/">[1]</a>, which lasted until February 1, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was no permanent Inspector General at the State Department while Clinton was Secretary, nor did President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> nominate anyone for that position.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 2013, Obama nominated <a href="/wiki/Steve_Linick" title="Steve Linick">Steve A. Linick</a>, and the Senate confirmed Linick to the role. </p><p>Linick served as Inspector General for the balance of Obama's term, continuing into the presidency of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>. On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 10 p.m., the White House announced that Linick had been removed.<sup id="cite_ref-Blake_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blake-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The White House said Trump had dismissed Linick at the request of Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Mike Pompeo</a>. Linick had been conducting several investigations into actions by Pompeo.<sup id="cite_ref-Kimball_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kimball-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MadisonDinner_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MadisonDinner-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trump appointed <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Akard" title="Stephen Akard">Stephen Akard</a>, who was concurrently serving as the director of the State Department's Office of Foreign Missions, as acting Inspector General.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Akard served as acting Inspector General less than three months before resigning.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deputy Inspector General <a href="/wiki/Diana_Shaw" title="Diana Shaw">Diana Shaw</a> then became acting Inspector General.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inspector_General_of_the_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.stateoig.gov/about/meet-the-ig">https://www.stateoig.gov/about/meet-the-ig</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs" title="Wikipedia:Bare URLs"><span title="A full citation is required to prevent link rot. 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href="/wiki/Bureau_of_East_Asian_and_Pacific_Affairs" title="Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs">Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_European_and_Eurasian_Affairs" title="Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs">Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_International_Organization_Affairs" title="Bureau of International Organization Affairs">Bureau of International Organization Affairs</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Mission_to_the_United_Nations" title="United States Mission to the United Nations">United States Mission to the United Nations</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Near_Eastern_Affairs" title="Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs">Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_South_and_Central_Asian_Affairs" title="Bureau of South and Central Asian 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title="Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs">Under Secretary for<br />Political Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_African_Affairs" title="Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs">African Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_East_Asian_and_Pacific_Affairs" title="Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs">East Asian and Pacific Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_European_and_Eurasian_Affairs" title="Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs">European and Eurasian Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_International_Organization_Affairs" title="Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs">International Organization Affairs</a></li> <li><a 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