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Margaret MacLeodMargaret MacLeod is the U.S. State Department’s Hindustani Spokesperson. In this capacity, she communicates U.S. foreign policy priorities to Hindi and Urdu speakers around the world.  As a career Foreign Service Officer, she has served overseas in the U.S. Missions to India, Pakistan, and Japan. Her domestic assignments include International Security and Non-proliferation, International Organizations, and as a fellow on Capitol Hill. She holds a doctorate in Sustainable Development from Columbia University, a Bachelors degree in International Economics from Georgetown University, and studied at the Delhi School of Economics as a Rotary Scholar. She speaks and reads Hindi and Urdu.

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