 In August 1994, he became Deputy Chief of Mission in Mogadishu.His service as Deputy Chief of Mission in Maputo from 1986 to 1989 included eight months as Charge during the civil war, at a time when the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) emergency assistance program in Mozambique was one of the largest in sub-Saharan Africa.As Angola Desk Officer during 1981-1984 he worked as a member of Assistant Secretary Crocker’s team negotiating independence for Namibia and the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola.