Jack Robert Binns (born May 13, 1933, in
Oregon
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) was the
U.S. Ambassador to
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
from 1980 to 1981.
Binns is a 1956 graduate of the
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a United States Service academies, federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as United States Secre ...
.
Now retired from the
Foreign Service Foreign Service may refer to:
* Diplomatic service, the body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country
* United States Foreign Service, the diplomatic service of the United States government
**Foreign Service ...
, Binns is an author and resides in
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson ...
. In 2000, he published his
memoirs
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of his time as an ambassador.
One of three SCOTUS amici fo
JOSE FRANCISCO SOSA, Petitioner, v. HUMBERTO ALVAREZ-MACHAIN.
References
Bibliography
*''The United States in Honduras, 1980-1981: An Ambassador's Memoir'' (2000; )
*"Weighing Bush's Foreign Policy." The Forum: Vol. 1: No. 1, Article 3. (2002
External links
Amazon.com Reviewer Profile for Jack R. BinnsLibrary of Congress Oral History
1933 births
Living people
Ambassadors of the United States to Honduras
United States Naval Academy alumni
United States Foreign Service personnel
Military personnel from Tucson, Arizona
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