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Biden Announces State Dept. Sanctions Nominee

President Joe Biden will nominate former State Department official James O’Brien to be the agency’s coordinator for sanctions policy, the White House announced Oct. 6. O’Brien currently works at international advisory firm Albright Stonebridge but previously was the U.S. presidential…

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envoy for hostage affairs from 2015 to 2017 and senior adviser to the secretary of state from 1989 to 2001, when he also served as a presidential envoy for the Balkans. The White House said O’Brien led a “large and successful sanctions program” during his time at the State Department and has negotiated agreements to protect intellectual property rights for scientific cooperation with China.