Career diplomat and US ambassador; author of The Politics of Truth: A Diplomat's Memoir: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity, which, in part, formed the basis for the movie, Fair Game; husband of Valerie Plame
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