Margaret Scobey is an American diplomat

Diplomat

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, and the United States Ambassador to Egypt

United States Ambassador to Egypt

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Biography

She graduated from Immaculate Conception High School

Immaculate Conception Cathedral High School (Memphis, Tennessee)

Immaculate Conception Cathedral School is a private, all-girls Roman Catholic school in Memphis, Tennessee. It consists of an elementary school , middle school and a high school...

 in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

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, in 1967. She earned her B.A. and M.A. of History from the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

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 in Knoxville. She pursued doctoral studies in History at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 in Ann Arbor.

Ms. Scobey served as a member of the embassies to many Middle and Near Eastern countries. She was
Deputy Chief of Mission in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from September 2001 to November 2003, before receiving her first appointment, as ambassador to Syria

Syria

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. She was recalled in 2005 after the assassination of the Lebanese

Lebanon

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 Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
She was Political Counselor in Baghdad, from 2006 to 2007.
In February 2008, she was nominated and confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to Egypt.

In February 2011, she spoke with Mohamed ElBaradei, telling him:

The U.S. is interested in a political change in Egypt, but that the US government won't dictate the path which Cairo must follow.

External link

• Embassy biography
• "Roundtable on President Obama’s Speech The Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University", July 08, 2009
• "Margaret Scobey, U.S Ambassador in Cairo, Egypt", Soundcloud, March 21, 2011
• "U.S. Ambassador Margaret Scobey visit MSA.ON"
• "Meeting with Ambassador Margaret Scobey", Huffington Post, Dal LaMagna, July 1, 2007
• "Margaret Scobey, the current United States Ambassador", Yahoo News