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David Pressman is an American human rights lawyer and former aide to United States Secretary of State Madeleine K. He advises a number of highly-visible individuals on foreign policy and related advocacy strategies. In 2008 Los Angeles Times referred to him as George Clooney 's " consigliere ." With George Clooney, Brad Pitt , Matt Damon , Don Cheadle , and Jerry Weintraub , Pressman co-founded Not On Our Watch , a leading advocacy and grantmaking organization focused on raising awareness about mass-atrocities.1Pressman served as an advisor to Secretary Janet Napolitano and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.2Recently he was appointed by President Obama to serve as the Director for War Crimes and Atrocities on the National Security Council at the White House, where he will coordinate the Government's efforts to prevent and respond to mass atrocities, genocide, and war crimes.3
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He was nominated by President Obama, and confirmed by the Senate on September 17, 2014.Ambassador Pressman represents the United States at the United Nations Security Council and in related negotiations. Pressman is an American human rights lawyer and former aide to United States Secretary of State Madeleine K. He has advised a number of highly visible individuals on foreign policy and related advocacy strategies. In 2008 Los Angeles Times referred to him as George Clooney 's " consigliere ." With George Clooney, Brad Pitt , Matt Damon , Don Cheadle , and Jerry Weintraub , Pressman co-founded Not On Our Watch Project , a leading advocacy and grantmaking organization focused on raising awareness about mass-atrocities. Pressman served as the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security responsible for policy development on global criminal justice issues at DHS. He also served as the Director for War Crimes and Atrocities on the National Security Council at the White House, where he coordinated the Government's efforts to prevent and respond to mass atrocities, genocide, and war crimes. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] "USAID Tech Challenge" .
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He was nominated by President Obama, and confirmed by the Senate on September 17, 2014. Ambassador Pressman represented the United States at the United Nations Security Council and in related negotiations. After the end of the Obama administration, Ambassador Pressman joined the international law firm of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP where he works in various areas of mostly international and US Constitutional law.Alexander Vindman during the impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
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American lawyer and diplomat (born 1977) For the American immunologist, see David Pressman (scientist) .David Pressman (born 1977) is an American lawyer who has served as the United States ambassador to Hungary since 2022.He previously worked in the Obama administration and served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs from 2014 to 2016. Pressman represented the United States at the United Nations Security Council and in related negotiations. As an attorney in private practice, he has represented a wide variety of businesses while also representing the interests of human rights advocates, victims of terrorism, dissidents and journalists targeted by authoritarian regimes, and those unjustly convicted.
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Former American ambassador to Hungary (born 1977) For the American immunologist, see David Pressman (scientist) .David Pressman (b. 1977) is an American diplomat and lawyer who served as the United States ambassador to Hungary from 2022 to 2025.He previously served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs and represented the United States at the United Nations Security Council from 2014 to 2016.Pressman has been described by The Guardian as a "high profile diplomat" and by CNN "one of the world's leading human rights advocates". As an attorney in private practice, Pressman has represented a wide variety of businesses while also representing the interests of human rights advocates, victims of terrorism, dissidents and journalists targeted by authoritarian regimes, and those unjustly convicted. Pressman was the first openly gay man to serve as the United States ambassador to Hungary and the first LGBT American to be confirmed twice by the United States Senate to serve as an ambassador of the United States ."Reagált a kormány arra, hogy Rogán Antalt korrupció miatt szankciós listára tette az Egyesült Államok" .
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american human rights lawyer and former aide to united states secretary of state madeleine k
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american lawyer who has served as the united states ambassador to hungary since 2022
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