David Dunlop Newsom (January 6, 1918 – March 30, 2008) was an American diplomat. He joined the foreign service in 1952. Newsom served as the United States Ambassador to Libya from 1965 to 1969, the

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from 1969 to 1974, the United States Ambassador to Indonesia from 1973 to 1977 and the

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from 1977 to 1978. In October 1979, when

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checked into the

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, he used "David D. Newsom" as his temporary codename without Newsom's knowledge. Newsom served as Acting Secretary of State in May 1980, and held the same position in January, 1981. Newsom was also the author of six books and a regular columnist for ''

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'', contributing over 400 columns from 1981 to 2005. On June 16, 2004, he joined a group of twenty-seven called Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change opposing the

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Obituary in ''The Washington Post''

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