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Breaking down the week’s biggest stories in politics and national security

Host John Ullyot

Former National Security Council spokesman

Deputy Assistant to the President, The White House

Trump 2016 campaign Senior Advisor

US Marine Corps veteran

About John Ullyot:

Mr. Ullyot is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and has over 25 years of global experience in strategic counsel on national security and political strategy in the public and private sectors.

National security counselor

Mr. Ullyot has served as a senior adviser on national security, foreign policy and military affairs at the highest levels of government over the last 25 years, both in the White House and the U.S. Senate.

He was chief spokesman for the National Security Council and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, as well as a senior staff member and director of communications for the U.S. Senate Committees on Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs.

A former intelligence officer and scout sniper platoon commander in the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. Ullyot served on the U.S.-Mexico border supporting the U.S. Border Patrol with Joint Task Force-6, and in jungle warfare training with the French Foreign Legion in South America.

He is a columnist and frequent analyst/contributor on national security issues, including conflicts in the Middle East/Israel/Iran, Russia/Ukraine, Great Power Competition with China, and illegal immigration/border security.

Republican strategist

Mr. Ullyot is a leading Republican strategist and political consultant with service spanning three decades in senior roles on campaigns for president and the U.S. Senate.

He was a Trump 2016 campaign senior advisor, and held top staff positions at Republican National Conventions, as well as on U.S. Senate races and the presidential transition team.

He provides regular commentary in national media on political races and debates over societal and cultural issues such as crime, identity politics and maintaining high standards in the U.S. military.

A former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Mr. Ullyot is a graduate of Harvard College and the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute in Moscow, and speaks business-level French, German and Russian.