American career diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1982 to 1985. From 1985 to 1989 Holmes served as US Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs. In 1989 he was appointed Ambassador at Large for Burdensharing in which he ensured balanced security responsibility among NATO members, Japan, and other US allies. Following this he was nominated by President Clinton to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Born: Tue Jan 31 1933 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) at Bucharest, Romania