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Amb. Gary Grappo reflects on a tense Middle East

Grappo, a distinguished fellow at the Center for Middle East Studies at DU’s Korbel School of International Studies, retired as US Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman in 2009 — yet many still defer to him as “Ambassador.” Grappo was head of mission for the Quartet’s Special Envoy Tony Blair, 2010-2011, and held posts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Amman, Jordan during his four-decade-long foreign service career. “Things never stay the same,” he says of the fluctuating rhythm of global politics, particularly in the Middle East. “Things always change.” Grappo might be describing his own career trajectory. He earned his BS in mathematics from the US Air Force Academy, an MS in geodesy and survey engineering at Purdue, and an MBA from the Stanford University […]
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