Roger D. Carstens
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
- 1986Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point
- 1987Commissioned as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army
- 2003Served as a Special Forces officer in Iraq
- 2004Worked as a counterterrorism advisor in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
- 2008Became a foreign policy advisor to Senator Mitt Romney
- 2012Served as senior advisor on counterterrorism for the Director of National Intelligence
- 2017Appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
- 2019Nominated as Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs
- 2020Confirmed by the Senate as Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs
- 2021Retained in position by the Biden administration, continuing work on hostage and detainee issues
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