Friedt takes on leadership role at State Department arms control bureau
Anita Friedt has been appointed principal deputy assistant secretary of state for the bureau of arms control, verification, and compliance (AVC), two administration officials confirmed to The Cable. Friedt previously worked as a director the National Security Council under Gary Samore and George Look, where she was the point of contact for the negotiation and ...
Anita Friedt has been appointed principal deputy assistant secretary of state for the bureau of arms control, verification, and compliance (AVC), two administration officials confirmed to The Cable.
Friedt previously worked as a director the National Security Council under Gary Samore and George Look, where she was the point of contact for the negotiation and then the ratification of the New START Treaty. She left the White House last summer but was in limbo while the State Department worked on bringing her over to Foggy Bottom.
Friedt reports up to assistant secretary of state for AVC Rose Gottemoeller. But since Gottemoeller is the acting undersecretary of state for arms control and in charge of the entire "T" family, the daily running of the AVC bureau will probably fall to Friedt.
She replaces Marcie Reis, who left in May to take over as the U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria.
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