 As Health Attaché, Cline coordinated HHS programs in Iraq and provided advice to the U.S. ambassador, HHS Secretary and others.He also was a liaison to Iraq’s Ministries of Health, Higher Education and Social Affairs, and worked with international organizations, private partners and other U.S. government agencies engaged in health-related activities in Iraq.In June 2009 Cline became the Commissioner of the Oklahoma State Department of Health.