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American diplomat

Roger Dean Carstens is an American diplomat and retired United States Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel. Carstens has served as the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs since

Raised in Spokane, Washington, Carstens graduated from United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, where he was class president for the Class of After graduation, he went on to attend United States Army Ranger School.^[1]

Carstens served as a special forces military officer for much of his time in the Army.

He also served as a legislative liaison at the Department of Defense and for the United States Special Operations Command.

Carstens has served two U.S. Presidents at the United States Department of State. He was the deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the Trump administration.

He has served as the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs since Carstens was one of the few poli