SPEAKER ORATEUR: JAMES RUBIN

James P. Rubin served under President Clinton as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Chief Spokesman for the State Department from 1997 to May 2000.

In that capacity, Mr. Rubin conducted daily on-camera briefings for the State Department press corps and represented the administration in print, radio, and television interviews regarding U.S. diplomatic, foreign economic and national security policies.

Mr. Rubin also served as a top policy adviser to the Secretary of State from January 1997-May 2000 and as principal adviser to the White House on the Department's public affairs activities.

Mr. Rubin is a partner at communications consultancy, Brunswick Group, a Visiting Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, and host of the PBS series Wide Angle, a new primetime, weekly international affairs program that premiered in July 2002. Mr. Rubin contributes frequent commentaries to the Financial Times and a number of other major American and European newspapers. He is also a regular guest on CNN, BBC, SKY and other television networks. He serves on the board of the International Rescue Committee UK and Columbia University School of International Affairs. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Prior to his Presidential appointment, Mr. Rubin was Director of Foreign Policy and Spokesman for the Clinton/Gore '96 Campaign. From May 1993 until 1996, Mr. Rubin served as Senior Adviser and Spokesman for U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Madeleine K. Albright.

From 1989-1993, he was a Professional Staff Member on the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE). From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Rubin was the Research Director for the non-profit Arms Control Association in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Rubin received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Columbia University in 1982 and a Masters in International Affairs in 1984.

In 1998, Mr. Rubin was the recipient of Columbia University's John Jay Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement. In 2000, he received the State Department's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award.

He lives in London with his wife, Christiane Amanpour, and their son, Darius John Rubin.