About Benjamin Rhodes
Ben Rhodes has been the Deputy National Security Adviser for strategic communications since September 2009. Previously, he served as President Obama's foreign policy speechwriter.
Prior to joining the Obama campaign, Ben worked as Special Assistant to President Lee H. Hamilton at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 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. Previously, he taught and worked in local politics in New York City. He is from New York.
Posts by Benjamin Rhodes:
- Will Proliferation Be the New Genocide?, 27 Jun 2006
- The UN in the eye of its beholders, 15 Jun 2006
- What do Americans think?, 05 Jun 2006
- Why Can’t We Look Ahead?, 24 May 2006
- A time for partisanship, or bipartisanship, 12 May 2006
- Bipartisanship or My partisanship, 02 May 2006