Kara L. Bue

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Kara L. Bue is  one of five founding partners of Armitage International, L.C., a consulting firm that specializes in international business development, strategic planning, and problem solving. Armitage International was formed in March 2005.

From 2003-2005, Ms. Bue served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Regional Stability within the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM). Her direct responsibilities included the supervision of the Offices of Regional Security and Arms Transfers; Plans, Policy and Analysis; and Weapons Removal and Abatement. In that capacity, she managed programs involving government-to-government arms sales, coalition support and foreign military assistance, non-U.N. peacekeeping training, critical infrastructure protection, destruction and security of small arms and light weapons, and humanitarian mine action. Prior to her position within PM, she served for nearly two years as Special Assistant for South Asia to then Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage.

From 1993 to 2000, Ms. Bue was in private practice as a corporate and securities lawyer, with a specialty in financial services law. As an adjunct to her law practice, she participated, on a pro bono basis, in studies sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the legal aspects of homeland defense (1997-1999). During law school, Ms. Bue held internships in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of the Army General Counsel, and private law firms. Prior to law school (1986-1990), she served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition; and a policy analyst for SRS Technologies.

Ms. Bue's political experience includes service on the Bush-Quayle Presidential Campaign (1988), the Bush-Quayle Presidential Transition Team (1988-1989), and the Bush-Cheney Presidential Transition Team (2000-2001).

Ms. Bue is a graduate of Brown University (A.B., 1986) and Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 1993). She is admitted to practice law in California and the District of Columbia. Ms. Bue serves on the Board of Directors of National Interest Security Company and Kaseman LLC, service providers to the federal government. She also serves of the Board of Directors of Freedom Fields USA, a non-profit organization dedicated to the humanitarian de-mining of war torn countries. She is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) at the Naval Postgraduate School and teaches courses on civil-military relations through CCMR to foreign civilian and military participants. Ms. Bue serves as the Military Outreach Fellow for the Center for U.S. Global Engagement. She is a recipient of the State Department's Superior Honor Award.


E-mail: kara.bue@armitageinternational.com