Tim Roemer: New US Ambassador to India

Timothy John “Tim” Roemer’s formal nomination as the US ambassador to India reflects Obama administration’s determination to build strategic partnership with this important South Asian country. It may also mark the turning point in the Indo-US relationship.

Roemer, 52, seems to have been selected for this crucial post owing to his moderate, bipartisan politics, and national security experience. He will replace David Campbell Mulford, who was until recently the US ambassador to India.

(Meanwhile the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit India in July to meet the new External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a critical time in U.S.-India relations. More here…)

“From the floor of the U.S. Congress to the chambers of the 9/11 Commission, Tim Roemer has dedicated his professional career to strengthening national security and improving education in America,” according to the Centre for Nationl Policy.

“After the attacks of September 11, Roemer used his position on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to support the work of a Joint Congressional Inquiry into the nature of the attacks.

“Roemer also was the key sponsor of legislation to establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, known as ‘The 9/11 Commission.’

“Roemer now serves on the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, a bipartisan commission created by Congress in 2007 as an outgrowth of the reforms put forth by the 9/11 Commission to examine how the United States can best address this threat to our national security.

“In addition, he serves on the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Presidential Task Force on Combating the Ideology of Radical Extremism, and the National Parks Second Century Commission.

“Since leaving Congress in 2003, Roemer has continued to work on developing ways to strengthen national security as President of the Center for National Policy.

“He has promoted new ideas on national security issues on NBC Nightly News, CNN, FOX, NPR and in the pages of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Time Magazine, U.S. News and World Report and others.

“As a Distinguished Scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Roemer works with Members of Congress and staff to improve public policy outcomes by teaching on the legislative branch and policy analysis.” More here…

Tim Roemer married Sally Johnston, the daughter of former U.S. Senator for Louisiana Bennett Johnston Jr., in 1999. They have four children: Patrick Hunter Roemer, Matthew Bennett Roemer, Sarah Kathryn Roemer, and Grace Elizabeth Roemer.

Roemer lives in Great Falls, Virginia. He is Roman Catholic and attends St. Thomas a’ Becket Catholic Church. More here…