that, i yield back. i thank the gentleman. today, we are joined by ambassador david hale and miss laura cooper. david hale serve business as the undersecretary of state for political affairs with the department, a position he has held since august 30, 2018. mr. hale joined the foreign service in 1984 and holds the rank of career ambassador. he previously served as ambassador to pakistan, ben non, special envoy for middle east peace and deputy special envoy and ambassador to jordan. he served as executive assistant secretary of state to secretary albright. laura cooper is the secretary of defense to russia, ukraine and eurasia at the department of defense. shays career member of the senior executive service. miss cooper principally served as principle director in the office of assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security affairs.
i thank the gentleman. we are joined by david hale and laura cooper. david hale serves as the undersecretary of state for political affairs for the department of state, a position he s held since august 30, 2018. mr. hale joined the foreign service in 1994 and holds the rank of career ambassador. he previously served as ambassador to pakistan, ambassador to lebanon, special envoy for middle east peace, deputy special envoy and ambassador to jordan. ambassador hale also served as deputy assistant secretary of state and executive assistant to secretary of state albright. laura cooper is the deputy assistant assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine, and eurasia at the department of defense. she is a crewmember of the senior executive service. ms. cooper previously has served as a principal director in the office of the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security affairs. prior to joining the department
the intelligence committee. that, i yield back. i thank the gentleman. today, we are joined by ambassador david hale and ms. laura cooper. david hale serves as the undersecretary of state for political affairs with the department of state, a position he has held since august 30, 2018. mr. hale joined the service in 1984 and holds the rank of career ambassador. he previously served as the ambassador to pakistan, ambassador to lebanon, special envoy for middle east peace, deputy special envoy and ambassador to jordan. ambassador hale also served as deputy assistant secretary of state and assistant to secretary of state. laura cooper is a career member of the senior executive service. miss cooper previously served as a principle director in the office of the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security affairs.