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Sir Peter Westmacott on Office Hours

| July 01, 2016 Series: Office Hours

Sir Peter Westmacott (@PeterWestmacott), former British Ambassador to the United States and Belfer Center Senior Fellow, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about life as an Ambassador, the British embassy in Washington, D.C., and U.S.-U.K. relations.

Sir Peter Westmacott served as British Ambassador to the United States from January 2012 to January 2016. Prior to his position as Ambassador to the United States, Westmacott served as Ambassador to France from 2007-2012, and Ambassador to Turkey from 2002-2006. Westmacott’s 40 year career in the British Diplomatic Service has also included four years in Iran (before the Revolution) and an interim deployment to the European Commission in Brussels.

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