Melrose was described as " Mr. Fixit " and " the State Department 's emergency repairman " by Robert Windrem of NBC News . He headed the Emergency Support Team following the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Nairobi , Kenya , and played a role following the 1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut . Following his return from Sierra Leone in 2001 , he was coordinator for the State Department 's post-Sept . 11 Task Force
1998 United States embassy bombings
1998 United States embassy bombings
Joseph Melrose