Subject: United Arab Emirates: July 14 Breakfast Briefing in Washington, D.C. with The Honorable Michael H. Corbin, U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
From: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
To: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:12:22 -0400

The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) is pleased to announce a breakfast briefing with

The Honorable Michael H. Corbin
Ambassador of the United States to the United Arab Emirates
U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi

Thursday, July 14, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Washington, D.C.

Member Cost: $35
Non-Member Cost: $70

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For more information on hosting, please contact Meghan Hagberg via email or at 212-490-0460.

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Biographical Information

Michael H. Corbin will begin his new position as Ambassador of the United States to the United Arab Emirates in July 2011. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, he most recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Prior to this assignment, he was Minister-Counselor for Political-Military Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad from 2008 to 2009 and Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria from 2006 to 2008.

Ambassador Corbin served as Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo from 2003 to 2006. He was Deputy Director of the Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs from 2001 to 2003. Ambassador Corbin served as Director of the Counter-Narcotics Section at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela from 1997 to 2001 and Political-Military Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt from 1994 to 1997. His first overseas post was at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City, Kuwait from 1987 to 1989. Ambassador Corbin joined the Foreign Service in 1985.

Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Ambassador Corbin served in the Peace Corps in Mauritania from 1982 to 1984 in Mauritania. He received a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College.

Meghan Hagberg
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