{"id":50221,"date":"2019-04-03T13:09:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T17:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017-2021.state.gov\/?post_type=state_bureau&#038;p=50221"},"modified":"2020-11-30T22:48:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T03:48:50","slug":"special-presidential-envoy-for-hostage-affairs__trashed","status":"publish","type":"state_bureau","link":"https:\/\/2017-2021.state.gov\/bureaus-offices\/bureaus-and-offices-reporting-directly-to-the-secretary\/special-presidential-envoy-for-hostage-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs"},"featured_media":3104,"parent":5899,"menu_order":0,"template":"","state_bureaus":[1598],"state_countries_and_areas":[],"state_policy_issues":[],"state_states":[],"state_subjects":[],"state_author_groups":[],"state_rss_feeds":[],"acf":{"tf_display_feat_image_on_related_content":true,"page_subnavigation":"1494","sel_media_type":"","clone_mixed_media":{"sel_media_type":"","img_mm_image":false,"group_slideshow":{"sel_slideshow_source":false,"text_flickr_album_id":"","gallery_media_library_images":false},"group_video":{"sel_video_source":false,"sel_aspect_ratio":false,"group_brightcove":{"text_brightcove_code":"","ta_brightcove_caption":""},"group_youtube":{"oembed_youtube_url":null,"ta_youtube_caption":""},"group_embed":{"ta_embed_code":"","text_embed_title":"","ta_embed_caption":""}}},"link_button":"","text_mission_title":"Our Mission","ta_mission_copy":"The Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs leads and coordinates the Government\u2019s diplomatic engagements on overseas hostage-related matters.","po_biography_selector":{"ID":40506,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-02-19 14:01:58","post_date_gmt":"2019-02-19 19:01:58","post_content":"[inline-image id=\"40507\" align=\"left\"]\r\n\r\nAmbassador Roger D. Carstens was selected by the Secretary of State and appointed by the President to serve as the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs (SPEHA).\r\n\r\nAmbassador Carstens is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the U.S. Department of State, where he oversaw the Bureau\u2019s work in Near Eastern Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs, and the Office of Security and Human Rights.\r\n\r\nPreviously, he served in Amman, Jordan, as the Country Director for a U.S.-based INGO that provided humanitarian assistance and stability support to Syrian refugees and internally displaced persons.\r\n\r\nPrior positions include Senior Civilian Advisor on the Commander\u2019s Advisory and Assistance Team (CAAT) in Afghanistan; Project Director for an INGO based in Somalia; Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security; and Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.\r\n\r\nAmbassador Carstens is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who served in Special Forces and the 1st Ranger Battalion. 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