- published: 15 Dec 2015
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Dennis B. Ross (born November 26, 1948) is an American diplomat and author. He has served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush, the special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clinton, and was a special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia (which includes Iran) to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Ross was born in San Francisco and grew up in Marin County. His Jewish mother and Catholic stepfather raised him in a non-religious atmosphere. Ross graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in 1970 and did graduate work there, writing his doctoral dissertation on Soviet decision-making. He later became religiously Jewish after the Six Day War. In 2002 he co-founded the Kol Shalom synagogue in Rockville, Maryland.
During President Jimmy Carter's administration, Ross worked under Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz in the Pentagon. There, he co-authored a study recommending greater U.S. intervention in "the Persian Gulf Region because of our need for Persian Gulf oil and because events in the Persian Gulf affect the Arab-Israeli conflict." During the Reagan administration, Ross served as director of Near East and South Asian affairs in the National Security Council and Deputy Director of the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment (1982–84).
I'm in the bar when I should be in
front of you I play the pinball when I
really should be skanking it doesn't
matter how many times you ask me
up I appreciate it but it's complicated
I just can't dance baby
I just can't loose myself
I've got an image and I have to live
up on to the latest trend so nowdays
I'm macho and have you ever seen
a macho shake or twist his butt I
know your not so I'm not lickin' in on
the spot 'cause I can't dance baby
I just can't get in trance.
Someone told me bad boys don't
know why they not dancing
someone told me what they say is