Daniel Bennett Smith

Daniel Bennett Smith (born March 6, 1956) is an American diplomat who served as the director of the Foreign Service Institute and acting United States Secretary of State at the presidential transition of Joe Biden.

[3][5] His dissertation is titled "Toward Internationalism: New Deal Foreign Economic Policy, 1933–39", and was completed in 1983.

[6] Under President Barack Obama, Smith served as the United States Ambassador to Greece from 2010 to 2013.

[7] In 2018, Smith was selected to serve as the Director of the Foreign Service Institute.

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Smith delivers remarks at his swearing-in ceremony at the Foreign Service Institute at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia on October 26, 2018.