Shadow Government

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Welcome John Hannah

Today we welcome John Hannah to the ranks of Shadow Government.  Currently a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, John previously served on former Vice President Dick Cheney’s national security affairs staff from 2001-2009, including as the vice president’s national security advisor during the Bush administration’s second term. John’s previous government service ...

By , the executive director of the Clements Center for National Security and the author of The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink.

Today we welcome John Hannah to the ranks of Shadow Government. 

Today we welcome John Hannah to the ranks of Shadow Government. 

Currently a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, John previously served on former Vice President Dick Cheney’s national security affairs staff from 2001-2009, including as the vice president’s national security advisor during the Bush administration’s second term. John’s previous government service also includes two stints at the State Department during the administrations of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Having had the privilege of working with John during my White House sojourn, I can attest that he combines an expert’s knowledge on national security issues with a gentleman’s winsome bearing.   

Will Inboden is the executive director of the Clements Center for National Security and an associate professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, both at the University of Texas at Austin, a distinguished scholar at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the author of The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink.

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