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September 27, 2019 As National Security Professionals, Many of Us ! STATEMENT FROM NATIONAL SECURITY PROFESSIONALS September 27, 2019 As national security professionals, many of us have long been concerned with President Trump’s actions and their implications for our safety and security. Some of us have spoken out, but many of us have eschewed politics throughout our careers and, as a result, have not weighed in publicly. The revelations of recent days, however, demand a response. Specifically, all of us recognize the imperative of formal impeachment proceedings to ascertain additional facts and weigh the consequences of what we have learned and what may yet still emerge. We applaud those Members of Congress, including Speaker Pelosi, who have now started us down that necessary path. President Trump appears to have leveraged the authority and resources of the highest office in the land to invite additional foreign interference into our democratic processes. That would constitute an unconscionable abuse of power. It also would represent an effort to subordinate America’s national interests—and those of our closest allies and partners—to the President’s personal political interest. Having worked across administrations of both parties to uphold and advance those national interests, we consider the President’s actions to be a profound national security concern. Our relations with the rest of the world and our policies on the global stage must be based solely on what is in the national interest. The introduction of any other considerations of the President debases our democracy, has the potential to make us more vulnerable to threats, and sends a message to leaders around the world that America’s foreign policy can be dangerously corrupted by catering to a single individual. If we fail to speak up—and act—now our foreign policy and national security will officially be on offer to those who can most effectively fulfill the President’s personal prerogatives. To be clear, we do not wish to prejudge the totality of the facts or Congress’ deliberative process. At the same time, there is no escaping that what we already know is serious enough to merit impeachment proceedings. From there, the facts—and nothing but the facts—should dictate how Congress holds the President to account and signals to the world that our foreign policy and national security are not for sale. ! LIST OF SIGNATORIES Rumana Ahmed Daniel Baer Former Senior Advisor Ambassador to the OSCE (ret.) National Security Council State Department Bunmi Akinnusotu Ginny Barahona Former Special Assistant Former Senior Advsior Environmental Protection Agency USAID Brian M. Albert Mark Bartolini Former Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Former Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster International Affairs Assistance Department of Homeland Security USAID Paige Alexander Toshiro Baum Former Assistant Administrator Former Advisor USAID USAID Liz Allen Chris Beecroft Former Deputy Communications Director Former Country Director White House Department of Defense Wa’el Alzayat Robert M. Beecroft Former Senior Policy Advisor Ambassador (ret.) State Department State Department Michael Amato Rand Beers Former Communications Director Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security House Armed Services Committee Department of Homeland Security John Amaya Alexandra Bell Former Deputy Chief of Staff Former Senior Advisor Department of Homeland Security State Department Lars Anderson Daniel Benjamin Former Counselor to the Administrator Former Coordinator for Counterterrorism FEMA State Department Mark C. Appleton Jenna Ben-Yehuda Former Assistant Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Former Senior Military Advisor Implementation State Department State Department Ariana A. Berengaut Sarah Armstrong Former Counselor to the Deputy Secretary of Naval Intelligence Officer (ret.) State Navy State Department Matthew S. Axelrod Max Bergmann Former Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State Department of Justice State Department Alyssa Ayres Jarrod Bernstein Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia Former Assistant Secretary State Department Department of Homeland Security ! Rob Berschinski Rosa Brooks Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Former Counselor to the Undersecretary of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Defense State Department Department of Defense Rukmani Bhatia Peter Brooks Former Special Assistant to the Assistant Captain (ret.) Administrator Marine Corps USAID Allyn Brooks-LaSure Nima Binara Former Foreign Service Officer Former Attorney-Advisor State Department Department of Justice Dolores Marie Brown John Bisognano Former Deputy Assistant Secretary Former Associate Director of Public Engagement for State Department National Security White House Kevin Brown Former Special Advisor James M. Blake State Department Former Security Professional International Rescue Committee Brett Bruen Former Director of Global Engagement Perry Blatstein National Security Council Former Directorate of Operations Targeting Officer CIA Susan F. Burk Former Special Representative of the President, Peter Boogaard Nuclear Nonproliferation Former Deputy Assistant Secretary State Department Department of Homeland Security Sharon Burke Spencer P. Boyer Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Former National Intelligence Officer for Europe Operational Energy Office of the Director of National Intelligence Department of Defense Tanya Bradsher William J. Burns Former Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs Former Deputy Secretary of State Department of Homeland Security State Department J. Todd Breasseale Nicholas Burns Former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Former Under Secretary of State for Political Homeland Security for Public Affairs Affairs Department of Homeland Security State Department Tess Bridgeman Ashley Burrell Former Special Assistant to the President Former Staff Assistant National Security Council State Department Rebecca Brocato Piper Anne Wind Campbell Former Special Assistant to the President for Ambassador (ret.) Legislative Affairs State Department White House Dr. Michael Carpenter Graham Brookie Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Former Advisor for Strategic Communications Department of Defense National Security Counci ! Marsha Catron Brent Colburn Former Deputy Assistant Secretary Former Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Department of Homeland Security Public Affairs Department of Defense Andrew Cedar Former Senior Director for Global Engagement Beth Cole National Security Council Former Director, Office of Civil Military Cooperation Judith B. Cefin USAID Ambassador (ret.) State Department Shavonnia Corbin-Johnson Former Advisor to the Director of the Office of Christopher Centner Management and Budget Former Intelligence Officer Office of Management and Budget CIA Desiree M. Cormier Wendy J. Chamberlin Former Foreign Service Officer Ambassador (ret.) State Department State Department Mitchell Craft Katrina Chan Former Speechwriter Former Protocol Officer USAID State Department Leo Cruz Yam Ki Chan Former Special Assistant to the Assistant Former Director for Global and Asia Economics Secretary State Department Department of the Air Force Alexandra Chandler Melissa Dalton Former Division Chief Former Senior Advisor Office of Naval Intelligence Department of Defense Ben Chang Luis C. deBaca Former Director of Press and Communications Ambassador-at-Large (ret.) State Department State Department Welton Chang Gregory Delawie Former Intelligence Officer Ambassador (ret.) Defense Intelligence Agency State Department Rebecca Bill Chavez Geoffrey Dietz Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Former Senior Intelligence Analyst Western Hemisphere Affairs Defense Intelligence Agency Department of Defense Jim Dinneen Derek Chollet Former Chief of Staff Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Department of Homeland Security International Security Affairs Department of Defense Megan Doherty Former Director for North Africa Joseph Cirincione National Security Council Former Professional Staff Member House Armed Services Committee Daniel Dolgin Former Interagency Officer National Counterterrorism Center ! Marsha Catron Joy Drucker Former Deputy Assistant Secretary Former Deputy Assistant Secretary Department of Homeland Security State Department Andrew Cedar David A. Duckenfield Former Senior Director for Global Engagement Former Deputy Assistant Secretary National Security Council State Department Judith B. Cefin Richard Duke Ambassador (ret.) Former Special Assistant to the President State Department White House Christopher Centner Morgan Dwyer Former Intelligence Officer Former Analyst CIA Department of Defense Wendy J. Chamberlin Paul D. Eaton Ambassador (ret.) Major General (ret.) State Department Army Katrina Chan Noah Eden Former Protocol Officer Former Branch Chief State Department National Counterterrorism Center Yam Ki Chan Yael Eisenstat Former Director for Global and Asia Economics Former Officer State Department CIA Alexandra Chandler Rachel Ellehuus Former Division Chief Former Principal Director for Europe and NATO Office of Naval Intelligence Department of Defense Ben Chang Adrienne Elrod Former Director of Press and Communications Former Chief of Staff State Department U.S. House of Representatives Welton Chang Dianna H. English Former Intelligence Officer Former Director for African Affairs Defense Intelligence Agency National Security Council Rebecca Bill Chavez Victoria Esser Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Western Hemisphere Affairs Treasury Department
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