About Benjamin Rhodes
Ben Rhodes has been the Special Assistant to President Lee H. Hamilton at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars since June 2002, and is also a freelance speechwriter based in Washington, D.C. He worked closely with President Hamilton through his tenure as Vice-Chair of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission), focusing particularly on policy recommendations and process matters. He is the author, with Hamilton and Thomas H. Kean, of Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission, forthcoming from Knopf in August 2006. Previously, he taught and worked in local politics in New York City.
Posts by Benjamin Rhodes:
- The Politics of Distraction, 12 Jan 2007
- Digging In, 18 Dec 2006
- Some thoughts on the ISG Report, 10 Dec 2006
- What’s At Stake, 31 Oct 2006
- Africa and Our Attention, 07 Oct 2006
- Islamofascist, 14 Sep 2006
- Conspiracy Theories, 22 Aug 2006
- The Rhetoric of World War, 30 Jul 2006
- What ever happened to stateless terrorism?, 19 Jul 2006
- Intervention and U.S. politics, 10 Jul 2006