Roger Dean Carstens is an American diplomat and retired United States Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel. Carstens has served as the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs since 2020.
Some of the key events about Roger D. Carstens
1987
Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point
1988
Completed U.S. Army Ranger School
1999
Served as a Special Forces officer in the U.S. Army
2003
Deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom
2008
Worked as a counterterrorism consultant for the U.S. government
2016
Served as a senior civilian advisor to the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
2017
Appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
2019
Nominated by President Trump to serve as Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs
2020
Confirmed by the Senate as Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs
2022
Played a key role in negotiating the release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner from Russian detention
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