AMERICAN DIPLOMAT AND MILITARY OFFICER, SERVED AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. FROM 1985-1988 AND AS U.S. AMBASSADOR WEST GERMANY FROM 1989 TO 1991; FLUENT IN NUMEROUS LANGUAGES, ALSO SERVED AS INTERPRETER TO FIVE U.S. PRESIDENTS. WALTERS BEGUN HIS 35 YEAR MILITARY CAREER WHEN HE JOINED THE U.S. ARMY IN 1941. AFTER WORKING AS AN INTERPRETER FOR PRES. HARRY TRUMAN.

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