Mark Taplin was Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs with the rank of Minister-Counselor.
Taplin was also Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in France from 2010 until 2014.
[1] Before posting to France, Taplin was a Public Diplomacy Fellow at the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs, where he taught and conducted research.
[1] Taplin earned a bachelor's degree in humanities and international affairs from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a master's degree in strategic studies from the University College of Wales (Aberystwyth).
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