Dan Grant was the Deputy Assistant to the Administrator for Pakistan in the Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs at

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. He oversaw a portfolio concerning energy, stabilization, education, agriculture, and public health. Prior to his appointment to USAID, Grant worked as an international affairs consultant for the U.S. State and Defense Departments, as well as for

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, the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and the Czech foreign ministry. Prior to his consulting work, he worked extensively in the field in a variety of post- and current-conflict countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Bosnia. Particular highlights of his time overseas include working in the Iraqi elections ministry from 2005 to 2007, overseeing operations for the Afghan currency exchange in 2003, and working on the Afghan Loya Jirgas of 2002 and 2004. He was awarded the Constitutional Medal by Afghan president

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for his efforts in 2004. In addition, Grant was a fellow at the

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(ASP), a think tank founded by former U.S. Secretary of State

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and former U.S. Secretary of Defense

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in 2008. He is a graduate of the

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Graduate School, and

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’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

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