U.S. Department of State
James B. Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State
James B. Steinberg has served as Deputy Secretary of State since January 2009. Prior to that, he was the dean of the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Policy at the University of Texas and Deputy National Security Advisor during the Clinton Administration. The following is excerpted from the February 10, 2011, House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “Recent Developments in Egypt and Lebanon: Implications for Broader U.S. Policy in the Middle East.” Last month in Doha, Secretary [of State Hillary] Clinton challenged the leaders of the Middle East to give greater voice to their people. She warned that the…
