Education
Georgetown University. Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Georgetown University. Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Hale joined the Foreign Service in 1984. Hale previously served as the United States Ambassador to Lebanon from 2013 to 2015. He was the Special Envoy for Middle East Peace between 2011 to 2013, where previously he was a Deputy Envoy from 2009 to 2011.
Hale has been United States Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan between 2005 to 2008.
Hale has also served at the United States missions to Tunisia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Nations. In Washington, Hale was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Israel, Egypt and the Levant and Director for Israel-Palestinian Affairs.
He held several staff posts, including Executive Assistant to Secretary of State Albright. He speaks Arabic, is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and a native of New Jersey.