Life After Government Service
In 2004, Spiers again returned to the public eye when he joined Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change, a group of former diplomats, ambassadors, and military leaders criticizing the foreign policy of President George W. Bush and supporting the election of John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
Spiers now lives in Exeter, New Hampshire. He is married and lives with his wife, Patience. He has four children, and nine grandchildren. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Academy of Diplomacy, the National Academy of Public Administration, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
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