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{{short description|American government official}}
{{Short description|American attorney & diplomat}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Nathan Sales
| name = Nathan Sales
|image = Nathan A. Sales official photo.jpg
| image = Nathan A. Sales official photo.jpg
|office = Special Presidential Envoy for the [[Operation Inherent Resolve|Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]
| office = Special Presidential Envoy for the [[Operation Inherent Resolve|Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]
|president = [[you see dees dogs in your front yard? BING BONG]]
| president = [[Donald Trump]]
|term_start = November 9, 2020
| term_start = November 9, 2020
|term_end = January 20, 2021
| term_end = January 20, 2021
|predecessor = [[Jim Jeffrey]]
| predecessor = [[Jim Jeffrey]]
|successor = ''vacant''
| successor = ''vacant''
|office1 = [[Coordinator for Counterterrorism]]
| office1 = 18th [[Coordinator for Counterterrorism]]
|president1 = [[Donald Trump]]
| president1 = [[Donald Trump]]
|term_start1 = August 10, 2017
| term_start1 = August 10, 2017
|term_end1 = January 20, 2021
| term_end1 = January 20, 2021
|predecessor1 = [[Tina Kaidanow]]
| predecessor1 = [[Tina Kaidanow]]
|successor1 = John T. Godfrey (acting)
| successor1 = [[Elizabeth H. Richard]]
|office2 = [[Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights]]
| office2 = [[Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights]]
|president2 = [[Donald Trump]]
| president2 = [[Donald Trump]]
|term_start2 = September 29, 2017
| term_start2 = September 29, 2017
|term_end2 = December 21, 2020
| term_end2 = December 21, 2020
|predecessor2 = [[Sarah Sewall]]
| predecessor2 = [[Sarah Sewall]]
|successor2 = [[Eric Ueland]]
| successor2 = [[Eric Ueland]]
|birth_name = Nathan Alexander Sales
| birth_name = Nathan Alexander Sales
|birth_date =
| birth_date =
|birth_place = [[Canton, Ohio]]
| birth_place = [[Canton, Ohio]], U.S.
|death_date =
| death_date =
|death_place =
| death_place =
|party =
| spouse = Margaret Tretter
| children = 2
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|education = [[Miami University]]<br>[[Duke University School of Law]]
| party =
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|awards = Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service<br>Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award
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| education = [[Miami University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Duke University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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| awards = Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service<br>Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award
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'''Nathan Alexander Sales''' is an American lawyer, academic, and government official who served as the [[Coordinator for Counterterrorism]] and Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat [[ISIS]] within the U.S. Department of State from 2017 to 2021. Prior to public service he was an associate professor at [[Syracuse University College of Law]], where his fields of research included [[National Security Law of the United States|national security law]], [[Counter-terrorism|counterterrorism]] law, [[administrative law]], and [[constitutional law]]. Sales was also of counsel at the law firm [[Kirkland & Ellis]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/09/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612150835/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/09/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2017|access-date=19 June 2017|publisher=The White House|date=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
'''Nathan Alexander Sales''' is an American lawyer, academic, and government official who served as the [[Coordinator for Counterterrorism|coordinator for counterterrorism]] and special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat [[ISIS]] within the U.S. Department of State from 2017 to 2021. Prior to public service he was an associate professor at [[Syracuse University College of Law]], where his fields of research included [[National Security Law of the United States|national security law]], [[Counter-terrorism|counterterrorism]] law, [[administrative law]], and [[constitutional law]]. Sales was also of counsel at the law firm [[Kirkland & Ellis]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/09/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612150835/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/09/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2017|access-date=19 June 2017|publisher=The White House|date=June 9, 2017}}</ref>


Sales was also delegated the duties of [[Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights]] between September 2017 and December 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=On Nathan Sales’s Service as Senior Official, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights|url=https://www.state.gov/on-nathan-saless-service-as-senior-official-under-secretary-of-state-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights/|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=November 9, 2020}}</ref>
Sales was also delegated the duties of [[Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights|under secretary of state for civilian security, democracy, and human rights]] between September 2017 and December 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=On Nathan Sales's Service as Senior Official, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights|url=https://www.state.gov/on-nathan-saless-service-as-senior-official-under-secretary-of-state-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights/|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=November 9, 2020}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Education==
Sales received his B.A. from [[Miami University]] and his J.D., ''magna cum laude'', from [[Duke University School of Law]]. In law school, he was research editor of the ''[[Duke Law Journal]]''. Sales was [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] and [[Order of the Coif]]. He clerked for Judge [[David B. Sentelle]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]].
Sales was born in [[Canton, Ohio]]. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, ''summa cum laude'',<ref name=Miami/> from [[Miami University]] and his [[Juris Doctor]], ''magna cum laude'', from the [[Duke University School of Law]]. In law school, he was research editor of the ''[[Duke Law Journal]]''. Sales was a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]] and the [[Order of the Coif]]. He clerked for Judge [[David B. Sentelle]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]].


==Career==
==Government service==
[[File:Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan A. Sales Signs His Appointment Papers After Being Sworn-In (37365546302).jpg|225px|thumb|left|Sales prepares to sign his appointment papers to assume office on September 29, 2017.]]
[[File:Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan A. Sales Signs His Appointment Papers After Being Sworn-In (37365546302).jpg|225px|thumb|left|Sales prepares to sign his appointment papers to assume office on September 29, 2017.]]
Sales previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] and senior counsel in the Office of Legal Policy at the [[United States Department of Justice]]. In June 2017, President [[Donald Trump]] nominated Sales to serve as [[Coordinator for Counterterrorism]]. He was confirmed to this position by the [[United States Senate]] on August 3, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/606|title=PN606 - Nomination of Nathan Alexander Sales for Department of State, 115th Congress (2017-2018)|date=August 3, 2017|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref> In September 2017, he was further delegated the duties of [[Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights]] by Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Acting Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Ambassador Nathan A. Sales Travels to Colombia|url=https://www.state.gov/acting-undersecretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights-ambassador-nathan-a-sales-travels-to-colombia/|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=January 19, 2020}}</ref> He held this position until December 2020. Additionally, he was appointed Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in November 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Nathan A. Sales Designated Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS|url=https://www.state.gov/coordinator-for-counterterrorism-ambassador-nathan-a-sales-designated-special-envoy-to-the-global-coalition-to-defeat-isis/|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=November 9, 2020}}</ref>
Sales previously served as deputy assistant secretary for policy at the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] and senior counsel in the [[Office of Legal Policy]]. In June 2017, President [[Donald Trump]] nominated Sales to serve as [[Coordinator for Counterterrorism]]. He was confirmed to this position by the [[United States Senate]] on August 3, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/606|title=PN606 - Nomination of Nathan Alexander Sales for Department of State, 115th Congress (2017-2018)|date=August 3, 2017|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref> In September 2017, he was further delegated the duties of under secretary of state for civilian security, democracy, and human rights by Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Acting Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Ambassador Nathan A. Sales Travels to Colombia|url=https://www.state.gov/acting-undersecretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights-ambassador-nathan-a-sales-travels-to-colombia/|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=January 19, 2020}}</ref> He held this position until December 2020. Additionally, he was appointed special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in November 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Nathan A. Sales Designated Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS|url=https://www.state.gov/coordinator-for-counterterrorism-ambassador-nathan-a-sales-designated-special-envoy-to-the-global-coalition-to-defeat-isis/|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=November 9, 2020}}</ref>

Sales is a nonresident senior fellow at the [[Atlantic Council]] involved with its Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative and Middle East Programs,<ref>{{cite web |title=Nathan Sales Nonresident Senior Fellow |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/nathan-sales/ |website=atlanticcouncil.org |publisher=[[Atlantic Council]] |access-date=25 November 2023}}</ref> as well as a senior fellow at [[Ali Soufan#The Soufan Center|The Soufan Center]] involved with global security issues and geopolitical dynamics including matters concerning terrorism, China, Russia, and Ukraine.<ref name=Miami>{{cite web |title=Senior Fellow Nathan Sales |url=https://thesoufancenter.org/team/nathan-sales/ |website=thesoufancenter.org |publisher=The Soufan Center |access-date=25 November 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Sales is married to Margaret Tretter and has two children.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement of Nathan Alexander Sales Nominee to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism Submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee July 18, 2017 |url=https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/071817_Sales_Testimony.pdf |website=foreign.senate.gov |publisher=Senate Foreign Relations Committee |access-date=25 November 2023}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170815235831/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/273451.htm U.S. State Department biography]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170815235831/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/273451.htm U.S. State Department biography]
* [http://law.syr.edu/profile/Nathan-Sales Biography at Syracuse Law]
* [http://law.syr.edu/profile/Nathan-Sales Biography at Syracuse Law]
*{{C-SPAN|Nathan Sales}}
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* [https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/tehrans-international-targets-assessing-iranian-terror-sponsorship Sales Counterterrorism Lecture]


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Latest revision as of 08:07, 21 December 2024

Nathan Sales
Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
In office
November 9, 2020 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJim Jeffrey
Succeeded byvacant
18th Coordinator for Counterterrorism
In office
August 10, 2017 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byTina Kaidanow
Succeeded byElizabeth H. Richard
Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
In office
September 29, 2017 – December 21, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded bySarah Sewall
Succeeded byEric Ueland
Personal details
Born
Nathan Alexander Sales

Canton, Ohio, U.S.
SpouseMargaret Tretter
Children2
EducationMiami University (BA)
Duke University (JD)
AwardsAttorney General's Award for Exceptional Service
Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award

Nathan Alexander Sales is an American lawyer, academic, and government official who served as the coordinator for counterterrorism and special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS within the U.S. Department of State from 2017 to 2021. Prior to public service he was an associate professor at Syracuse University College of Law, where his fields of research included national security law, counterterrorism law, administrative law, and constitutional law. Sales was also of counsel at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis.[1]

Sales was also delegated the duties of under secretary of state for civilian security, democracy, and human rights between September 2017 and December 2020.[2]

Early life and education

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Sales was born in Canton, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude,[3] from Miami University and his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the Duke University School of Law. In law school, he was research editor of the Duke Law Journal. Sales was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Coif. He clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Career

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Sales prepares to sign his appointment papers to assume office on September 29, 2017.

Sales previously served as deputy assistant secretary for policy at the United States Department of Homeland Security and senior counsel in the Office of Legal Policy. In June 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Sales to serve as Coordinator for Counterterrorism. He was confirmed to this position by the United States Senate on August 3, 2017.[4] In September 2017, he was further delegated the duties of under secretary of state for civilian security, democracy, and human rights by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.[5] He held this position until December 2020. Additionally, he was appointed special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in November 2020.[6]

Sales is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council involved with its Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative and Middle East Programs,[7] as well as a senior fellow at The Soufan Center involved with global security issues and geopolitical dynamics including matters concerning terrorism, China, Russia, and Ukraine.[3]

Personal life

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Sales is married to Margaret Tretter and has two children.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. June 9, 2017. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ "On Nathan Sales's Service as Senior Official, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights". U.S. Department of State. November 9, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Senior Fellow Nathan Sales". thesoufancenter.org. The Soufan Center. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ^ "PN606 - Nomination of Nathan Alexander Sales for Department of State, 115th Congress (2017-2018)". www.congress.gov. August 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "Acting Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Ambassador Nathan A. Sales Travels to Colombia". U.S. Department of State. January 19, 2020.
  6. ^ "Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Nathan A. Sales Designated Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS". U.S. Department of State. November 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "Nathan Sales Nonresident Senior Fellow". atlanticcouncil.org. Atlantic Council. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Statement of Nathan Alexander Sales Nominee to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism Submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee July 18, 2017" (PDF). foreign.senate.gov. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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