Strobe Talbott

Strobe Talbott
12th United States Deputy Secretary of State
In office February 23, 1994 – January 19, 2001
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Clifton R. Wharton Jr.
Succeeded by	Richard Armitage
President of the Brookings Institution
In office July 1, 2002 – November 6, 2017
Preceded by	Michael Armacost
Succeeded by	John R. Allen
Personal details
Born	Nelson Strobridge Talbott III (1946-04-25) April 25, 1946 (age 78) Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Brooke Shearer ​ ​ (m. 1971; died 2009)​ Barbara Lazear Ascher ​ ​ (m. 2015)​ [1]
Education	Yale University (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (MLitt)

Nelson Strobridge Talbott III (born April 25, 1946) is an American foreign policy analyst focused on Russia. He was associated with Time magazine, and a diplomat who served as the deputy secretary of state from 1994 to 2001. He was president of Brookings Institution from 2002 to 2017.