He is a leading national security expert with deep experience in geopolitics, cybersecurity, financial services, and corporate governance. Tom Donilon is vice chair of the international law firm of O’Melveny & Myers. He served as National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama from 2010-2013 where he was responsible for the coordination and integration of the administration’s foreign policy, intelligence, and military efforts. As a young Tom Donilon set his sights on opening a consulting firm, it was former Secretary of State Warren Christopher helped propel the young attorney into the political arena.
President Jimmy Carter as a young aid right out of college, to seeing through Carter’s transition to private life.Īs Donilon talks about Carter’s influence, he cites him as the first of a handful of mentors who were crucial in helping forge his path into public service. From getting his start in 1977 working for U.S. President Barack Obama and his advice for the current administration on the most pressing security concerns of our time.Īs he looks back on his career, Donilon describes an unlikely route to national security and foreign policy. In this week’s episode of Intelligence Matters, former acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell speaks with former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon about his distinguished career in government: working as a top security advisory in the White House, his thoughts on U.S. In 1996 he began his career in government as an aide on the Hill – he talks about the lessons learned and skills gained that led to his appointment the 26 th White House Chief of Staff, succeeding Jack Lew at the beginning of President Barack Obama’s second term.ĭespite his meteoric rise in government, McDonough remains deeply humble and viewed his role in the White House, as having to tee up decisions for the President to make, a conduit emphasizing the value that he attached to that. After graduation from Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota McDonough traveled extensively in South America, and describes the experiences that helped shape his worldview. In a wide-ranging interview with former Acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell, McDonough talks about being one of eleven children and the values he gained from being raised in a devout Catholic family in Stillwater, Minnesota. In this week’s episode of Intelligence Matters, former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough talks about his view of American exceptionalism in creating opportunities for its citizens, how his ideologies were deeply influenced by both his upbringing and travels, and what distinguishes President Barack Obama in his view from other government officials.
0 kommentar(er)
