James P DeHart Author

James P. DeHart is an experienced diplomat, retired from the Senior Foreign Service after more than thirty-three years at the U.S. Department of State. He served twice in Afghanistan, as assistant chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and in Panjshir Province as director of the only civilian-led U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team. He also served as consul general in Vancouver, Canada; deputy chief of mission in Oslo, Norway; and director of the Office of Afghanistan Affairs.