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Rashad Hussain was named by President Obama on February 14, 2010 to be special envoy to represent the United States at the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

Hussain, an Indian-American Muslim, attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and obtained his law degree from Yale. He holds master's degrees in public administration and Arabic and Islamic studies from Harvard University.

As deputy associate counsel to Obama, Hussain worked on national security, new media, and science and technology issues. Previously, he served as a trial lawyer for the Justice Department and as a legislative aide on the House Judiciary Committee.

hafiz of the Qur’an http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/13/president-obama-addresses-us-islamic-world-forum

George W. Bush formally named the first U.S. envoy to the OIC in February 2008, appointing Texas entrepreneur Sada Cumber. AFB: Obama names special envoy to pan-Islamic body http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iB7Ncb1MtRzNDosk9yHXRIfm16OA

Obama names U.S. envoy to Islamic Conference http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/13/AR2010021303511.html

White House lawyer named Muslim envoy http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/02/14/White-House-lawyer-named-Muslim-envoy/UPI-83211266151391/