Susan Thornton
| Susan A. Thornton | |
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Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Acting) |
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Assumed office March 9, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Daniel Russel |
Susan Thornton is an American diplomat and current Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Prior to working at the State Department, Thornton worked at the Foreign Policy Institute where she studied and wrote about Soviet politics and contemporary Russia. She speaks Russian and Mandarin Chinese. Thornton is a career diplomat who has worked at the State Department since 1991. She has previously served as the Principal Assistant Deputy Secretary for East Asian Affairs since February 2016 and before that she worked as the Deputy Chief of Mission to the United States Embassy in Turkmenistan.
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