John Gans

John Gans, who served as chief speechwriter at the Pentagon until 2017, is the director of communications and research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House. He writes about the Reagan and Trump National Security Councils in his new book, White House Warriors.

Articles by John Gans

Brent Scowcroft testifies during a hearing before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on Feb. 8, 2012.

Scowcroft Trusted America

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August 7, 2020, 6:23 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to new National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien

Trump Finally Has the Dangerous Foreign-Policy Process He Always Wanted

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February 4, 2020, 8:48 AM

National Security Advisor John Bolton listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi in the Oval Office of the White House on April 9.

John Bolton Is Ready to Go Rogue

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October 1, 2019, 4:48 AM

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton listens to U.S. President Donald Trump talk to reporters during a cabinet meeting of on February 12.

Trump’s National Security Council Is Replicating Reagan’s Chaos

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John Gans, Maya Gandhi

June 21, 2019, 6:42 PM

Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Can’t We All Just Not Get Along?

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October 24, 2012, 6:27 PM

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