Daniel R. Russel is a longtime American diplomat and White House advisor who served as one of President Obama’s senior aides on Asia and Pacific affairs, helping formulate the administration's “pivot,” or strategic rebalance, to the Asia Pacific region. Russel studied at Sarah Lawrence College and the University of London, and in the mid 1980s worked as an assistant to the ambassador to Japan, the longtime Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. He also served at the United Nations, at U.S.
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