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'''Joseph C. Wilson IV''' is a retired former U.S. ambassador. Wilson served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq during the 1991 Iraq war and subsequently served in a range of diplomatic and advisory roles in particular on U.S. policy in Africa. Wilson was one of the prominent figures in the U.S. government who have charged the [[Bush administration]] with using [[cooked intelligence]] to justify [[war in Iraq]].
Wilson subsequently founded and was CEO of [[JCWilson International Ventures]], Corp., a firm specializing in Strategic Management and International Business Development and was an adjunct scholar at the [[Middle East Institute]] (MEI) in Washington DC.<ref name="NOW">[http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/wilson.html "Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, IV"], ''NOW with Bill Moyers'', PBS, February 28, 2003.</ref> His profile with MEI listed his areas of interest as " Iraq, Military/Defense, Regional Security, Terrorism, US-Arab Relations, US Foreign Policy, Saddam Hussein".<ref name="MEI">Middle East Institute, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040607223026/http://mideasti.org/about/about_experts_alpha.html#JWilson "MEI Experts Listed Alphabetically"], Middle East Institute website, archived page from June 2004.</ref>(Wilson is no longer with the MEI and was last listed on their website in late 2004).<ref>Middle East Institute, [http://www.mideasti.org/scholars/list-by-name "MEI Scholars""], Middle East Institute website, accessed August 2008.</ref>
Early in 2007, Wilson became vice chairman of [[Jarch Capital]], LLC.<ref name=JarchPR>[[Phillippe M. Heilberg|Phil Heilberg]], Chairman, Jarch Capital, LLC, [http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article19833 "Ambassador Joe WIlson Begins Working With Jarch Capital, LLC as Vice Chairman"], Jarch Capital press release, ''The Sudan Tribune'', January 19, 2007, accessed January 7, 2008.</ref> In announcing Wilson's role in the firm, Jarch Capital's Chairman Phillippe M. Heilberg states, "Not only does Ambassador Wilson bring an incredible amount of experience and knowledge on Africa to Jarch Capital, his views on American foreign policy and National Security are widely respected in Washington" and he "will be instrumental in the growth of Jarch as it expands in Africa, sometimes in politically sensitive areas."<ref name=JarchPR/>
He married [[Valerie PlumePlame]] in 1998.
==Profile==
"Wilson was the Political Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of United States Armed Forces, Europe, 1995-1997. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic and to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe from 1992 to 1995. From 1988 to 1991, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. During 'Desert Shield' he was the acting Ambassador and was responsible for the freeing of several hundred American hostages. He was the last official American to meet with [[Saddam Hussein]] before 'Desert Storm'."<ref name="NOW"/>
"He joined the US Foreign Service in 1976 and held various positions in Niger, Togo, South Africa, Burundi and Congo-Brazzaville. In 1988 he was appointed Deputy Chief of Mission to Iraq, reporting to the then US Ambassador [[April Catherine Glaspie]]." <ref>[http://www.africa-confidential.com/whos-who-profile/id/3051/Joseph+C.+Wilson Joseph C. Wilson], africa-confidential, accessed December 11, 2010.</ref> He is a director of [[Symbion Power]].
A biographical profile with MEI alsi listed Wilson as having been "American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow for Senator [[Albert Gore]] and the House Majority Whip, Rep. [[Thomas Foley]]".<ref name="MEI"/>
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