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Rosenbach a grant to go to Vietnam - the country where his father had flown for the US Air Force and had almost been shot down. The trip inspired him to think deeply about military use of force and US foreign policy.
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Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he teaches a core class on policy development and execution for master's students and classes about the nexus of emerging technology and international security. He previously served as co-director of Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer
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Davidson, Rosenbach was elected student body president, played quarterback for the Davidson football team, and was a ROTC battalion commander. Rosenbach got involved in Davidson's Dean Rusk International Studies Program and found public service appealing. A Davidson article
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Rosenbach served as the commander of a communications intelligence unit in the US Army for four years, 1996 to 2000. The unit, which worked closely with the
National Security Agency, provided strategic information to support US operations in Bosnia and Kosovo. The Central Intelligence Agency
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Rosenbach served as a professional staff member for the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence, US Senate. In that role he led the investigation into whether there were ties between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein in the 9/11 attacks. He also had oversight of the USâ counterterrorism profile and the
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In 2000 Rosenbach left the Army with the rank of captain. He became the chief security officer for
Tiscali, an internet telecommunication company that was then the largest Internet service provider in Europe. For two years he was responsible for their cybersecurity. He recollects, âIt was such a
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Harvard Kennedy School from 2002 to 2004 and received a Masters in Public Policy. He was HKS professors Richard A Clarke and Graham Allison's Graduate Assistant; they both have been great mentors to him. Upon graduating he enrolled into the Georgetown University Law Center and
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Rosenbach and Carter's many objectives were defeating ISIL, building effective cyber strategy, and opening all combat positions to female service members. Other major priorities included counterterrorism operations, and strategies for the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Middle East regions.
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different environment from the army. I had a fancy company car and flew all over Europe. But then 9/11 happened, and that really jarred me. I realized what I was doing didnât feel rewarding, and went back to school intent on doing something in the public sector.â
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Rosenbach became Pentagon Chief of Staff in July 2015. As Chief of Staff, Rosenbach was a senior leader of the Department of Defense, an organization with a yearly budget of $ 550 billion, 2.8 million personnel, and high-stakes operations across the globe.
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Center for Science and International Affairs. With Robby Mook and Matt Rhoades, Rosenbach founded and ran the Defending Digital Democracy Project, an initiative aiming to identify and build mitigations for cyber vulnerabilities in democratic elections.
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Military Intelligence in ways that stand out in the eyes of the recipients, their superiors, subordinates, and peers... demonstrate the highest standards of integrity and moral character, display an outstanding degree of professional competence".
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