Edward Peck - Early Life and Career

Early Life and Career

Edward Peck served as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (U. Alexis Johnson) in the Nixon Administration, January 1971. He was Chief of Mission in Baghdad (Iraq, 1977 to 1980) in the Carter Administration and later held senior posts in Washington and abroad. He also served as a Foreign Service Officer in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt, and as Ambassador in Mauritania. At the State Department he served as Deputy Director of Covert Intelligence Programs, Director of the Office of Egyptian Affairs and as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs. He served as deputy director of the White House Task Force on Terrorism in the Reagan Administration. He is president of Foreign Services International, a consulting firm that works with governments, businesses and educational institutions across the world.

He has two children, Heather and Brian Peck, who both have children. Heather Peck, age 52, has two children, one a 13 year old girl named Jamie Lindner and two a 17 year old boy named Noah Lindner. Brian Peck, age 50 has one son named Shaun Peck. He is married to Ann Peck; they live in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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