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NousDefionsDoc · 11-14-2005, 11:57

THE NEW STATE DEPARTMENT TEAM ON CUBA
DAN FISK, 48, senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs, National Security Council
• Fisk helped draft the 1996 Helms-Burton Act as aide to Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Jesse Helms.
• He has worked as a Latin America specialist in the House International Relations Committee and the Department of Defense.
• In the 1980s, he was in the State Department's Bureau of Inter-American Affairs as deputy coordinator for Central American public diplomacy.
• He has a master's degree from Georgetown University and served in the conservative Heritage Foundation.
• Married, three children.
CALEB MCCARRY, 44, Cuba transition coordinator
• A former Latin America expert at the Center for Democracy, a now defunct bipartisan group that promoted democracy.
• In 1997, the then chairman of the House International Relations Committee, Rep. Ben Gillman (R-N.Y.), hired him to work as a committee staffer. Current chairman Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) appointed him the senior Latin America aide.
• Married, two children.
• His father, Charles, a former CIA agent, writes spy novels.
• Traveled to Cuba for Pope John Paul II's visit in 1998.
MICHAEL PARMLY, 54, chief of mission, U.S. Interests Section in Havana
• Before going to Havana, taught at the National War College, specializing in post-conflict situations.
• An expert on European and human rights issues.
• A native of St. Augustine, Fla., he is married to a Swiss citizen. They have two children.
STEPHEN MCFARLAND, 50, director of Cuban affairs
• A Latin American specialist who has served in Ecuador, Bolivia, El Salvador, and twice in Peru and Venezuela. He was last posted as deputy chief of mission in Caracas.
• A Texan who majored in economics at Yale, he is married and has four sons.

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NousDefionsDoc Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: LA Posts: 1,653	New State Dept. LA Team THE NEW STATE DEPARTMENT TEAM ON CUBA DAN FISK, 48, senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs, National Security Council • Fisk helped draft the 1996 Helms-Burton Act as aide to Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Jesse Helms. • He has worked as a Latin America specialist in the House International Relations Committee and the Department of Defense. • In the 1980s, he was in the State Department's Bureau of Inter-American Affairs as deputy coordinator for Central American public diplomacy. • He has a master's degree from Georgetown University and served in the conservative Heritage Foundation. • Married, three children. CALEB MCCARRY, 44, Cuba transition coordinator • A former Latin America expert at the Center for Democracy, a now defunct bipartisan group that promoted democracy. • In 1997, the then chairman of the House International Relations Committee, Rep. Ben Gillman (R-N.Y.), hired him to work as a committee staffer. Current chairman Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) appointed him the senior Latin America aide. • Married, two children. • His father, Charles, a former CIA agent, writes spy novels. • Traveled to Cuba for Pope John Paul II's visit in 1998. MICHAEL PARMLY, 54, chief of mission, U.S. Interests Section in Havana • Before going to Havana, taught at the National War College, specializing in post-conflict situations. • An expert on European and human rights issues. • A native of St. Augustine, Fla., he is married to a Swiss citizen. They have two children. STEPHEN MCFARLAND, 50, director of Cuban affairs • A Latin American specialist who has served in Ecuador, Bolivia, El Salvador, and twice in Peru and Venezuela. He was last posted as deputy chief of mission in Caracas. • A Texan who majored in economics at Yale, he is married and has four sons. __________________ Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home. He knows only The Cause. Still want to quit?
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