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Stephen Johnson (Former employee)
Senior Policy Analyst, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies

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Stephen Johnson, a former State Department officer who has worked at the bureaus of Inter-American Affairs and Public Affairs, is the Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America at The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation. In addition, Johnson analyzes counternarcotics and counterterrorism policy in the Western Hemisphere, as well as public diplomacy issues.

At the State Department Johnson served as a writer and researcher, later as director of the Central America Working Group, and as the chief of the Editorial Division in the Bureau of Public Affairs.

A former Air Force officer, he piloted tanker aircraft and also served as Assistant Air Force Attaché in Honduras. Later, as a member of the Air Force Reserve, he served as a public affairs officer and strategic planner in the Office of Public Affairs for the Secretary of the Air Force and was also a public affairs officer for the U.S. Southern Command.

Johnson, who has lived in El Salvador, Honduras and Uruguay, earned a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Wyoming and a master's degree in international relations from Georgetown University.

Johnson has observed elections in Guatemala, Mexico, and Nicaragua. He has spoken before the Council of the Americas and at numerous conferences in the United States and in Latin America. He has contributed columns to the Wall Street Journal, Miami Herald, National Review Online, Washington Times, Long Island Newsday, Diario Las Américas, El Comercio (Peru), and Venezuela Analítica. His broadcast appearances include CNN, Fox News, National Public Radio, BBC, RCN-TV (Colombia), CBN, WorldNet TV, and the Voice of America.

Johnson now resides in Silver Spring, Md., with his wife and two sons.

 
 
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CNN: Lou Dobbs Tonight Mexican drugs (05/04/2006)
CSPAN: Washington Journal Debate over Cuba (04/17/2006)
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