Mr. Saeed oversees offices in the Bureau of Counterterrorism that focus on preventing and countering violent extremism; as well as detention and terrorist repatriation issues. Mr. Saeed has served in the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, and was the Resident Legal Advisor in the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Mr. Saeed previously served in the US Department of Homeland Security; and worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in the US Department of Justice.