team of 15,000 employees serving over 6 million annual applicants seeking immigration benefits. Aguirre was the author of one of the first classified U.S. Dept. of State cables released by Wikileaks on Nov. 28, 2010, in which he described, among other issues, U.S. embassy efforts to derail the legal proceedings against U.S. soldiers accused of killing Spanish journalist José Couso. Honors Aguirre was bestowed the Order of Isabella the Catholic Gran Cruz by Spain, Order of José Matías Delgado—Grade of Grand Officer—by El Salvador, and the Order of Christopher Columbus—Grade of Grand Officer—by the Dominican Republic. The Daughters of the American Revolution awarded him their 2004 Americanism Medal. Aguirre is a member of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity and received the Delta Sigma Pi Career Achievement Award in 2000. He will receive his Order of the Golden Helmet for 50 years of service with Delta Sigma Pi in March 2019. References External links 1946 births Living people Ambassadors of the United States to Andorra Ambassadors of the United States to Spain American politicians of Cuban descent Cuban emigrants to the United States Grand Officers of the Order of Christopher Columbus Grand Officers of the Order of José Matías Delgado Hispanic and Latino American diplomats Louisiana State University alumni Businesspeople from Houston University of Houston System regents 21st-century American diplomats Latino conservatism in the United States