The State Department: International Law Enforcement Official
At the end of 2005, Tom served as the nation’s second-ranking international law enforcement official at the State Department in Washington. He managed 4,000 people and a budget of more than $2.5 billion, leading our efforts to fight crime, drugs, and corruption around the world as well as assisting emerging nations with police training and judicial reform. He traveled to more than 30 countries as a law enforcement official—including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Colombia, El Salvador, Russia, China, and Japan.
While at the State Department, Tom also initiated several internal audits of the State Department’s law enforcement division to ensure that billions of dollars of taxpayer money was being properly spent. He was then promoted to the top ranking slot in the law enforcement division of the State Department, a post he held for a few months before being recruited to be an ambassador.