B Lynn PascoeLYNN PASCOE served almost forty years as a U.S. Foreign Service officer. Posted in Beijing in the mid-1970s and as Deputy Chief of Mission after the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. He headed the U.S. mission in Taiwan in 1993-96, served as Deputy Director o the Soviet desk during the tense early 1980s, then assisted Secretary of State George Shultz. After stints as U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia (1999-2001) and Deputy Assistant Secretary responsible for the Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. As ambassador he helped the Indonesian government deal with the aftermath of the horrific 2004 tsunami. In 2006 Pascoe was named the first American in thirty-five years to head the United Nations' political effort as Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. Read More Read Less