Found some info on Richard Haass' Ambassador status:
From January 2001 to June 2003, Dr. Richard Haass was director of policy planning for the Department of State, where he was a principal adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Confirmed by the U.S. Senate to hold the rank of ambassador, Dr. Haass also served as U.S. coordinator for policy toward the future of Afghanistan and U.S. envoy to the Northern Ireland peace process. For his efforts, he received the State Department's Distinguished Honor Award.
AMBASSADOR RICHARD N. HAASS
Ambassador Haass is Director of Policy Planning for the Department of State. He was also confirmed by the U.S. Senate to hold the rank of ambassador. In this latter capacity, he is the lead U.S. Government official in support of the Northern Ireland peace process. Previously, Ambassador Haass was Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. He was also a consultant for NBC News and a frequent contributor to foreign affairs journals and the op-ed pages of major newspapers. His is the author or editor of nine books on American foreign policy, including The Reluctant Sheriff: The United States After the Cold War, Economic Sanctions and American Diplomacy, and Intervention: The Use of American Military Force in the Post-Cold War World. He is also the author of one book on management. The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: How to Be Effective in Any Unruly Organization. Ambassador Haass has extensive prior government experience. From 1989 to1993, he was Special Assistant to President George Bush and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs on the staff of the National Security Council. Previously, he served in various posts in the Departments of State and Defense and was a legislative aide in the U.S. Senate. Ambassador Haass has also been Director of National Security Programs and a Senior Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations. In addition, he has been the Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Studies at Hamilton College, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and a research associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. A Rhodes Scholar, he holds a B.A. degree from Oberlin College and both the Master and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Oxford University.
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