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Kelly Magsamen

Kelly Magsamen is vice president for national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress. She served as special assistant to the president and senior director for strategic planning at the National Security Council under President Barack Obama as well as NSC director for Iran under both Presidents George W. Bush and Obama.
Kelly Magsamen is vice president for national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress. She served as special assistant to the president and senior director for strategic planning at the National Security Council under President Barack Obama as well as NSC director for Iran under both Presidents George W. Bush and Obama.
Defense

What Trump's Reshuffling of the National Security Council Means

The president made significant changes to the council’s most influential committees, but the real concern is whether he will incorporate it into his decision-making process at all.

  • Kelly Magsamen, The Atlantic
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