Eric David Newsom (born 1943)[1] is an American diplomat and State Department official.
As a Foreign Service Officer, he served as Vice Consul in Montevideo, Uruguay; Special Assistant to the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom; on the staff of the Office of the Secretary of State; Special Assistant to the Director for nuclear policy issues in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; and Deputy Director of the Office of International Security Policy.
In August 1982, Newsom became a professional staff member of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
In 1994, Newsom became Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs.
Upon retiring from government service effective December 31, 2000, Newsom joined the foreign policy and defense consulting firm of Collins and Company as Vice President for International Business.