Mark Kimmitt
Mark Kimmitt | |
|---|---|
| 16th Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs | |
| In office August 8, 2008 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John Hillen |
| Succeeded by | Andrew J. Shapiro |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East | |
| In office September 18, 2006 – July 31, 2008 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt June 21, 1954 Fort Sill, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Spouse | Catherine Kimmitt |
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy Harvard University (MBA) United States Army Command and General Staff College (M.A.) National Defense University (M.A.) |
| Profession | U.S. Army officer |
| Awards | Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Bronze Star NATO Medal (3) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1976–2006 |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Battles/wars | Bosnian War Kosovo War Iraq War |
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Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt (born 21 June 1954) is a retired American general and former diplomat. He served as the 16th Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs under George W. Bush from August 2008 to January 2009. Before he joined the State Department, he was a brigadier general in the United States Army and served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East. Kimmitt has also served as deputy director for strategy and plans for the United States Central Command and deputy director for operations/chief military spokesman for coalition forces in Iraq; he also served at NATO's SHAPE headquarters in Belgium.