Langhorne Anthony "Tony" Motley (June 5, 1938 – October 14, 2023) was a former

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(1981–83) and

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(1983–85). He was a member of the

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and

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. Ambassador Motley had a wife and two children. He received his

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from The Citadel in 1960.

Early life

Motley was born in

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city wa ...

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described Langhorne A. Motley as "The son of an American oil executive and a British-Brazilian mother, he was born and grew up amid sun-splashed privilege in Rio de Janeiro. After graduating from The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., Motley joined the Air Force and was posted from 1965 to 1967 in

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

—his only Central American experience—and later in

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. There he switched careers and founded what has since become the largest real estate firm in the state."

Professional experience

Military service: USAF (1960–70) US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1983–85) US Ambassador to Brazil (1981–83) Valeria, Inc. President (1980–81) Citizens for the Management of Alaska Lands, Inc. EVP (1977–80) Alaska State Official Commissioner of Commerce and Economic Development (1975–77) RODMAR, Inc. VP (-1974) Crescent Realty, Inc. President (c. 1972) Area Realtors, Inc. (Anchorage) VP (1970-) American Academy of Diplomacy Bayou Leader PAC Bush Cheney '04 Council on Foreign Relations George W. Bush for President Board of Telos Corporation (2004–2006) John McCain 2008 Junior Achievement Board of Directors

Quotes

# According to a

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Article "The Art of Leaking" published January 20, 2010, "An assistant secretary of state, Langhorne A. Motley, once defined a leak as a "premature unauthorized partial disclosure." # According to a news item on the St. John's University Website "Ambassador Motley then discussed his experiences working with Latin America and some general principals of U.S. relations with Latin America in general, as well as specific countries. He also emphasized the importance and relevance of our country's foreign policy towards Latin American nations. "Up through

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, you could separate foreign policy from domestic policy," said Ambassador Motley. "This is no longer true. Today many issues at the center of Latin American policy are also domestic issues."http://www.stjohns.edu/about/news/items/pr_law_060316.news_item@digest.stjohns.edu/academics/graduate/law/pr_law_060316.xml News Item Summary from 2007 Speech at St. John University Website

References

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