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Alumna Elise Carlson Rainer on the role of U.S. diplomats in advocating for LGBTI rights | NPR

April 10, 2018

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro in the Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, 2012. Photo credit: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv

Alumna Elise Carlson-Rainer, Assistant Professor of International Relations at American Public University, discusses the public perception of government workers ever since former President Barack Obama ordered to incorporate LGBTI rights in American diplomacy.

Elise Carlson Rainer

Alumna Elise Carlson-Rainer, Ph.D. International Studies, 2016

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