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SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES SENATE ==i• • ; •n P : • QUESTIONNAIREFOR COMPLETION BY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATESSENATE QUESTIONNAIREFOR COMPLETION BY PRESIDENTIALNOMINEES PART A - BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION 1- FULL NAME: WilliamJoseph Burns OTHERNAMES USED: N/A 2 DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 4/1 1/1956,Fort Bragg, North Carolina CITIZENSHIP: USA 3, MARITAL STATUS: Married 4 SPOUSE'SNAME: Lisa Carly 5 SPOUSE’SMAiDEN NAME IF APPLICABLE: N/A 6, NAMES AND AGES OF CHILDREN: NAME AGE INFORMATION REDACTED 7. EDUCATION SINCE HIGH SCHOOL: INSTITUTION DATES ATTENDED DEGREE RECEIVED DATE OF DEGREE La SalleUniversity 1973 – 1978 B.A. 1978 Oxford University, St. John’s College 1978 – 1981 M.Phil and D. phil 1981 8 EMPLOYMENT RECORD(LIST ALL POSITIONSHELD srNCE COLLEGE. INCLUDING MILITARY SERVICE. rNDlc ATE NAME OF EMPLOYER, POSITION. TITLE OR DESCRIPTION. LOCATION, AND DATES OF EMPLOYMENT). EMPLOYER POSITION/TITLE LOCATION DATES U.S. Departmentof State: StateConsular and Political Officer. EmbassyAmman (1982 1984) Staff Assistant to Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and South Asian Affairs, Washington, DC (1984-1985) Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary of State, Washington, DC (1985-1986) National Security Council Staff Director and Senior Director for Near East and South Asia and Special Assistant to President Reagan, Washington, DC (1986- 1989) Acting Director and Principal Deputy Director, Policy Planning StafF,Washington, DC (1989-1993) Advanced RussianLanguage Training, Washington, DC and Garmisch, Germany (1993-1994) Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs, EmbassyMoscow (1994-1996) Executive Secretary& Special Assistant to Secretary of State Christopher and Secretaryof StateAlbright, Washington,DC (1996-1 998) U.S, Ambassador to Jordan, Embassy Amman ( 1998-200 1) Assistant Secretaryof State for Near Eastern Affairs, Washington, DC (2001-2005) U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Embassy Moscow (2005-2008) Under Secretaryof State for Political Affairs, Washington, DC (2008-2011) U.S. Deputy Secretaryof State, Washington, DC (2011-2014) Post-Government: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, President, Washington, DC (2015 – present) 9. GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE(INDICATE EXPERIENCE IN OR ASSOCIATION WITH FEDERALS STATE, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING ADVISORY, CONSULTATIVE, HONORARY. OR OTHER PART-TIME SERVICE OR POSITION. DO NOT REPEAT INFORMATION ALREADY PROVIDED IN QUESTION8). Secretary Kerry’s Foreign Affairs Advisory Board (2015-2017) Director of National Intelligence Coats’ Advisory Board (2017) 10. INDICATE ANY SPECIALIZED INTELLIGENCE OR NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTISEYOU HAVE ACQUIRED HAVING SERVED IN THE POSITIONS DESCRIBED IN QUESTIONS 8 AND/OR 9 I have deepnational security experience, with thirty-three years as a career diplomat and senior national security official. i servedas chief of mission in Russia and Jordan, and in a variety of senior policy positions in Washington, including at the National Security Council staff; as Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs; and in the number three (Under Secretary for Political Affairs) and number two (Deputy Secretary of State)jobs in the StateDepartment. Throughout theseassignments (five of them Senate-confirmed)at home and abroad, I worked closely with CIA counterpartsacross a range of intelligence priorities, from intelligence collection and analysis to covert action, counterintelligenceand foreign liaison relations. As a senior policy consumer, I developed a profound appreciation for the importance of good, objective intelligence as the starting point for effective policy, and a similar respect for the professionalismand courage of CIA colleagueswith whom I served in hard places aroundthe world. In my last two positions in government and then during my tenure on DNI Coats' outside advisory board, I also focused increasingly on the growing challenge of a rising and adversarialChina, and the impact of the revolution in technology on U.S. national security, including the intelligence community. 11. HONORS AND AWARDS (PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORARYDEGREES. MILITARY DECORATIONS,CIVILIAN SERVICECITATIONS. OR ANY OTHER SPECIALRECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCEOR ACHIEVEMENT). Awardsand Honors • Marshall Scholarship, Oxford University (1978 – 1981) • Middle East Institute, Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) • Anti-Defamation League, Distinguished StatesmanAward (20 14) • American Academy of Diplomacy, Annenbug Award for Diplomatic Excellence (2015) • National Committee on American Foreign Policy, GeorgeF. Kennan Award (2019) • Foreign Policy Magazine Diplomat of the Year (2014) e American Academy of Diplomacy Best Book of Year (20 19) • Foreign Policy Association Medal (2020) Civilian Service Awards & Decorations • Promoted to rank of Career Ambassador (2008) • 3 Presidential Distingujshed Service Awards • 3 U.S Departmentof State, Secretary’sDistinguished Service Awards e U.S Department of State, Secretary’s Career Achievement Award • U,S. Departmentof State,James Clement Dunn Award (1991) • U.S Department of State, Robert C, Frasure Award for Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking (2005) 8 U.S Departmentof State, Charles E. Cobb Jr. Ambassadorial Award for Initiative and Successin Trade Development(2006) • Department of Defense Award for Distinguished Public Service (2014) e U.S. Intelligence Community Medallion (2014) • Central Intelligence Agency, Agency SealMedal (2014) HonoraryDegrees • AmherstCollege, 2016 • LaSalleUniversity, 1998 • Rocky Mountain College, 2007 • Lewis University. 2006 ForeignGovernment Decorations • Commandeur,Legion of Honour(France) • Knight Commander, Order of Merit (Germany) • Grand Cordon, Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) • Marshall Medal (UK) • Commentadore,Order of Merit (Italy) • First Order, Al Kawkab Medal (Jordan) Academic Honors • Cyril Foster Distinguished Lecturer, Oxford University (2009) • Honorary Fellow, St. JohnsCollege, Oxford University (20 12– Present) • SadatLecture, University of Maryland (2015) • Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford (2017) 12. ORGANIZATIONALAFFILIATIONS (LIST MEMBERSHIPSIN AND OFFICESHELD WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS IN ANY PROFESSIONAL,CIVIC. FRATERNAL, BUSINESS. SCHOLARLY, CUI.TURAL, CHARITABLE. OR OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS). ORGANIZATION OFFICE HELD DATES Allianz InternationalAdvisory (2020 – present) Board Member AmericanDitchley Foundation Board of Directors (20 18 – present) Appealof ConscienceFoundation Board of Trustees (2017 – present) and Advisory Council American University of Beirut Intemationa! Advisory Board (2018 – present) The Atlantic ContributingWriter (2020) The Atlantic Council Board of Directors (2015 - 2016) BilderbergConference Steering Committee (2019 – present) Blackstone Senior Advisor (2015 – 2019) Financial ServicesVolunteer Corps Board of Directors (20 16 – present) Global LeadershipCoalition Board of Directors (2019 – present) International Paper Board Member (20 15 – present) MacroAdvisory Partners Global Advisory Board Member (20 ] 5 – present) Makena Capital Management LLC Board of Directors (2016 – 2020) National Endowment for Democracy Board of Directors (2016 – 2020) PepsiCo Senior Advisor (20 16-2017) US Middle East Project InternationalBoard (20 16– present) 13 PUBLISHEDWRITINGS AND SPEECHES(LIST THE TITLES, PUBLISHERS,BLOGS AND PUBLICATION DATES OF ANY BOOKS, ARTICLES, REPORTS, OR OTHER PUBLISHED MATERIALS YOU HAVE AUTHORED. ALSO LIST ANY PUBLIC SPEECHESOR REMARKSYOU HAVE MADE WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS FOR WHICH THERE IS A TEXT, TRANSCRIPT. OR VIDEO). IF ASKED, WILL YOU PROVIDE A COPY OF EACH REQUESTED PUBLICATION, TEXT TRANSCRIPT,OR VIDEO? Yes. I will provide a copy of requestedmaterials if requested. See links below. Publications: 1. Chapter in “The Future of Think Tanks and Policy Advice Around the World” – JamesMcGann, Palgrave MacMillan(202 1 ) 2. Foreword for “The Arab C-old War: Ganral'AI)a/y-Nasir andILs Ri\ als, 19,U L9a” – Malcolm Kerr, Oxford University Press (2020 edition) 3. “Reimagining Transatlantic Relations: Introduction” - CEIP (10/6/20) 4. “The Blob Meetsthe Heartland"– The Atlantic (9/24/20) 5. “’UB_-fransformation of Diplomacy“ – with Linda Thomas-Greenfield,Foreign Ajfairs (9/23/20) 6. "Alnerica First Enters It's Most Com_bystibleMoment" – The Atlantic (8/29/20) 7. “The United States Needs a Ncu Foreign Po]ic\” – The Atlantic (7/14/20) 8. “A Message to the Carnegie Endowment Comnrunit\’" – CEIIP (6/4/20) 9. “Polarized Politics Has Infected American Diplomac\” – The Atlantic (6/6/20) 10. “ America Needsa Rebirth of Public Service” - The Atlantic (5/4/20) 11. “A Make-or-BreakTest for AmericanDiplomac\” – TheAtlantic (4/6/20) 12. “ A Moment to Renew American Statesmanship” – Wall Street Journal (3/27/20) 13. “The Damage at the State Department is Worse Than You Can Imagine” – The Atlantic (3/12/20) 14. “The Li.S..India Relationship is Biqqcr Than Trump and Modi" – The Atlantic (2/22/20) IS. “Impunity is Triumphing Over Integrity” – The Atlantic (2/8/20) 16. “The Death of a 1-emperateLeader in an Intemperate Region” – The Atlantic ( 1/13/20) 17. “Soleimani's tJltinrate Revenge”– with Jake Sullivan, The Atlantic (1/6/20) 18. “1 low Small EuropeanAllies SeeTrump” – The Atlantic (12/3 1/] 9) 19. “An End to Magical Thinking in the Middle EaS” – The Atlantic (12/8/19) 20. "1 Fear the Weak State” – The Atlantic (1 1,’17/1 9) 21. “This is a U'ar Trump Can End” - Washington Post (1 1/4/19) “ The Demolition of IJ,S. Diplomacy’' – Foreign Afairs (10/14/19)