{"id":98236,"date":"2019-06-14T11:06:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T21:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=98236"},"modified":"2019-06-14T12:52:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T22:52:48","slug":"manoa-ewc-david-stilwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/14\/manoa-ewc-david-stilwell\/","title":{"rendered":"East-West Center alumnus named top U.S.<\/abbr> diplomat for Asia Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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The U.S.<\/abbr> Senate voted 94-3 to confirm the nomination of David Stilwell to be assistant secretary of state for Asian and Pacific Affairs. (Graphic courtesy of East-West Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A retired Air Force brigadier general and East-West Center<\/a> (EWC<\/abbr>) alumnus is the new U.S.<\/abbr> assistant secretary of state for Asian and Pacific Affairs. Honolulu resident David R. Stilwell<\/strong>, who was confirmed by the U.S.<\/abbr> Senate, earned his master’s degree in Asian studies<\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> as an EWC<\/abbr> grantee in the 1980s and later was an adjunct senior fellow at the center.<\/p>\n

Stilwell entered the Air Force in 1980 as a Korean linguist. After a tour of duty in Korea, he attended the U.S.<\/abbr> Air Force Academy, graduating in 1987 with a degree in Asian history. He then attended UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa as an EWC<\/abbr> participant, earning a master’s degree in Asian studies and Chinese language<\/a> in 1988. He is proficient in Chinese and Korean with limited capability in Japanese.<\/p>\n

—From an East-West Center news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David R. Stilwell is the new U.S.<\/abbr> assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[679,10,9],"class_list":["post-98236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-east-west-center","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t