Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te mahi a Christopher hei kaitono a US kua tata ki te 28 tau, me ia e mahi ana i raro i te Perehitini a Lyndon B. Johnson hei kaitohutohu mo te Kawana, i mua i te urunga atu ki te mara o te kaitohutohu hei kaitohutohu mo te Kawana o Jimmy Carter. I a ia e mahi ana mō Carter, i whai ingoa a Christopher hei kai-whakataurite, nā te tuku i ngā Amerikana e 52 i whakaraua ki Iran i te tau 1981.
, he mahi i whiwhi ai ia i te tohu nui rawa atu i roto i te US, te Presidential Medal of Freedom.