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Christian Brose is Head of Strategy at Anduril Industries, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a member of the Aspen Strategy Group. From 2015-18, he was staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee. In that capacity, he managed the Committee’s professional staff in support of the Chairman and other majority members in overseeing all of the programs, policies, and resources of the Department of Defense, as well as confirming all of the Department’s senior civilian and military leaders. He was also responsible for leading the production, negotiation, and passage of four National Defense Authorization Acts (FY16-19), which set policy and authorized spending for all U.S. national defense activities. From 2009-14, he served as senior policy adviser to Senator John McCain, supporting his work on the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. From 2008-09, he was senior editor of Foreign Policy magazine. Previously, he served as policy adviser and chief speechwriter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, working as a member of the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff. He began his career in public service as a speechwriter for Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Mr. Brose studied political science at Kenyon College and international economics at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.