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{{Short description|American lawyer (born 1971)}}
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'''Jeremy B. Bash''' (born August 13, 1971)<ref name=Jbirthday>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/13/playbook-birthday-jeremy-bash-774855 |work=[[Politico]] |title=BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Jeremy Bash, a founder and managing director of Beacon Global Strategies and a CIA and DOD alum|date=August 13, 2018 |accessdate=May 8, 2019}}</ref> is an American lawyer. He was the chief of staff at the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (2009–2011) and the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] (2011–2013) under President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/us/politics/02pentagon.html?_r=1 | work=The New York Times | title=Change (but Not Too Much) at the Top of the Pentagon | first=Elizabeth | last=Bumiller | accessdate=2011-07-10 | date=2011-07-01}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite news| url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-stein/cia-has-a-bash-jeremy-bas_b_171374.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Jeff | last=Stein | title=CIA Has a Bash, Jeremy Bash | date=2009-03-03}}</ref> As a senior advisor to [[Leon Panetta]] in both roles, Bash worked on a number of key initiatives, including the creation of a new defense strategy, formation of two defense budgets, counterterrorism operations, a new cyber strategy, and a range of sensitive intelligence operations.


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Bash is currently a managing director at [[Beacon Global Strategies LLC]],<ref name= Jbirthday /> which he founded with partners [[Philippe Reines]] and [[Andrew J. Shapiro|Andrew Shapiro]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130903/DEFREG02/309030006 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130905180348/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130903/DEFREG02/309030006 |url-status=dead |archive-date= 2013-09-05 |title=Clinton Allies Join Bush Alum To Form New Consulting Group |first= Zach |last= Fryer-Biggs | work= Defense News |date= |access-date=2013-09-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/09/03/former-hillary-clinton-aides-form-bipartisan-consulting-firm/ |title=Former Hillary Clinton aides form bipartisan consulting firm |first= Juliet |last= Eilperin |newspaper= The Washington Post | date=2013-09-03}}</ref> Additionally, Bash serves as national security analyst for [[NBC News]] and its cable division, [[MSNBC]].
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'''Jeremy B. Bash''' was the chief of staff at the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] (2011–2013) and the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (2009–2011).<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/us/politics/02pentagon.html?_r=1 | work=The New York Times | title=Change (but Not Too Much) at the Top of the Pentagon | first=Elizabeth | last=Bumiller | accessdate=2011-07-10 | date=2011-07-01}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-stein/cia-has-a-bash-jeremy-bas_b_171374.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Jeff | last=Stein | title=CIA Has a Bash, Jeremy Bash | date=2009-03-03}}</ref> As a senior advisor to [[Leon Panetta]] in both roles, Bash worked on a number of key initiatives, including the creation of a new defense strategy, formation of two defense budgets, counterterrorism operations, a new cyber strategy, and a range of sensitive intelligence operations.


== Early life and education==
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Bash is currently a managing director at [[Beacon Global Strategies LLC]], which he founded with partners [[Philippe Reines]] and [[Andrew J. Shapiro|Andrew Shapiro]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130903/DEFREG02/309030006 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20130912040324/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130903/DEFREG02/309030006 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2013-09-12 |title=Clinton Allies Join Bush Alum To Form New Consulting Group |author=Zach Fryer-Biggs |publisher=''Defense News'' |date= |accessdate=2013-09-04 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/09/03/former-hillary-clinton-aides-form-bipartisan-consulting-firm/ |title=Former Hillary Clinton aides form bipartisan consulting firm |author=Juliet Eilperin |publisher=''The Washington Post'' | date=2013-09-03}}</ref> Additionally, Bash serves as national security analyst for [[NBC News]] and its cable division, [[MSNBC]].
Jeremy Bash was born and raised in [[Arlington, Virginia|Arlington]], [[Virginia]] to a [[Conservative Jewish]] family.<ref name= StanGerr>{{cite news| url= http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/news-from-a-jersey-girl/ | work= [[Jewish Standard]]| title=News from a Jersey girl – CNN's Dana Bash talks at a benefit for the Academies at Gerrard Berman Day School| first= Joanne | last= Palmer| date= May 1, 2015}}</ref> Bash graduated in 1989 from the [[Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School]].<ref name=CESDS>{{cite web| url= http://www.cesjds.org/page.cfm?p=1847| publisher= Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School | website= cesjds.org| title= Jeremy Bash| accessdate= November 1, 2015}}</ref> Bash graduated ''magna cum laude'' and [[Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[Georgetown University]], where he was editor-in-chief of ''[[The Hoya]]'', the school's student newspaper,<ref name=CESDS /> in 1989, he was an intern for Senator [[Chuck Robb]].<ref name= Jbirthday /> In 1998, Bash received his J.D. degree with honors from [[Harvard Law School]],<ref name= join>{{cite web| url= https://today.law.harvard.edu/nancy-ann-deparle-83-and-jeremy-bash-98-join-obama-administration/| title= Nancy-Ann DeParle '83 and Jeremy Bash '98 join Obama administration| date= March 4, 2009| work= Harvard Law Today| publisher= Harvard University Law School| access-date= May 8, 2019}}</ref> where he served as an editor of the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]''.<ref name= CESDS />


==Biography==
==Career==
Following his graduation, Bash clerked for [[Leonie Brinkema]], [[U.S. District Judge]] in the Eastern District of [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/16/AR2006031601957.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=A Firm Grip on the Gavel | first=Timothy | last=Dwyer | date= 2006-03-17 | accessdate= 2010-05-06}}</ref> Bash was admitted to the bars of Virginia, [[Maryland]], the [[District of Columbia]], the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.{{citation needed| date= November 2015}}


[[File:Leon E. Panetta, left, and Ivo H. Daalda, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, center along with Panetta's Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Defense Secretary [[Leon Panetta]], NATO Ambassador [[Ivo Daalder]], and Penetta's chief of staff Jeremy Bash at NATO headquarters in Brussels (2013)]]
[[File:Leon E. Panetta, left, and Ivo H. Daalda, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, center along with Panetta's Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Defense Secretary [[Leon Panetta]], NATO Ambassador [[Ivo Daalder]], and Panetta's chief of staff Jeremy Bash at NATO headquarters in Brussels (2013)]]
In 2000, Bash served as the national security issues director for the presidential campaign of [[Al Gore]] and [[Joe Lieberman]].<ref name= CESDS /> In that role, he advised the candidates, their surrogates, and staff on national security policy matters, including the [[Middle East peace process]], [[counter-terrorism]], [[non-proliferation]], missile defense, and trade.{{citation needed |date= November 2015}}


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From 2001 to 2004, Bash was in private law practice with the firm [[O’Melveny & Myers]] in their Washington, DC office. His practice focused on congressional investigations, regulatory matters, and litigation.{{citation needed |date= November 2015}} He then served as chief minority counsel on the [[Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]] of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]<ref name= join /> and as an aide to California Representative [[Jane Harman]], the committee's top Democrat.<ref name=HuffPostStein>{{cite news| url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-stein/cia-has-a-bash-jeremy-bas_b_171374.html | work= Huffington Post | title= CIA Has a Bash, Jeremy Bash | first= Jeff | last= Stein| date= April 3, 2009}}</ref>
Born to a [[Conservative Jewish]] family<ref name=StanGerr>[http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/news-from-a-jersey-girl/ Jewish Standard: "News from a Jersey girl - CNN’s Dana Bash talks at a benefit for the Academies at Gerrard Berman Day School" by Joanne Palmer] May 1, 2015</ref> and raised in [[Arlington, Virginia]], Bash graduated from the [[Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School]] before attending [[Georgetown University]], where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]], served as the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, ''[[The Hoya]]'', and graduated magna cum laude.<ref name=CESDS>[http://www.cesjds.org/page.cfm?p=1847 Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School: "Jeremy Bash '89"] retrieved November 1, 2015</ref> In 1998, Bash received his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree with honors from [[Harvard Law School]],<ref>http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2009/03/04_administration.html</ref> where he served as an editor of the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]''.<ref name=CESDS /> Following his graduation, he clerked for the Honorable [[Leonie Brinkema]], [[U.S. District Judge]] in the Eastern District of [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/16/AR2006031601957.html | work=The Washington Post | title=A Firm Grip on the Gavel | first=Timothy | last=Dwyer | date=2006-03-17 | accessdate=2010-05-06}}</ref> Bash was admitted to the bars of Virginia, [[Maryland]], DC, the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}


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Bash was a term member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} He has spoken at conferences or as part of courses for Harvard Law School, [[Georgetown Law School]], [[American University]], and the [[National War College]].{{citation needed| date=November 2015}}
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In 2000, Bash served as the national security issues director for the presidential campaign of [[Al Gore]] and [[Joe Lieberman]].<ref name=CESDS /> In that role, he advised the candidates, their surrogates, and staff on national security policy matters, including the [[Middle East peace process]], [[counter-terrorism]], [[non-proliferation]], missile defense, and trade.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} From 2001 to 2004, Bash was in private law practice with the firm [[O’Melveny & Myers]] in their [[Washington, D.C.]] office. His practice focused on congressional investigations, regulatory matters, and litigation.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} He then served as chief minority counsel on the [[Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]] of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and as an aide to California Representative [[Jane Harman]], the committee's top Democrat.<ref name=HuffPostStein>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-stein/cia-has-a-bash-jeremy-bas_b_171374.html Huffington Post: "CIA Has a Bash, Jeremy Bash" by Jeff Stein] April 3, 2009</ref>


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Bash was interviewed by ''[[The New York Times]]'' in regard to an October 5, 2013 [[U.S. Special Operations Forces]] raid in [[Tripoli, Libya]] that resulted in the capture of [[Abu Anas al-Libi]], a terrorist target who was indicted in the [[1998 United States embassy bombings]] in Kenya and Tanzania.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/world/africa/raids-show-the-limits-of-us-military-strikes.html | work= The New York Times |title=Raids Show the Limits of U.S. Military Strikes |first1=Peter| last1= Baker| first2= David E. | last2= Sanger |date=2013-10-06}}</ref> Bash also appeared as a commentator on ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' and was interviewed on ''[[ABC World News]]'' regarding both the Tripoli raid and an aborted raid in Somalia to capture an [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabab]] commander known as Ikrimah.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/july-dec13/africa2_10-07.html |work=PBS NewsHour |title=Interview by Judy Woodruff with PBS Foreign Affairs Correspondent Margaret Warner |date=2013-10-07 |access-date=2017-09-01 |archive-date=2014-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121183936/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/july-dec13/africa2_10-07.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/threats-follow-us-special-operations-libya-somalia-20499896 |work=ABC World News with Diane Sawyer |title= Threats Follow US Special Operations in Libya, Somalia |date=2013-10-07}}</ref>
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He is a former term member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} He has spoken at conferences or as part of courses for Harvard Law School, [[Georgetown Law School]], [[American University]], and the [[National War College]].{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}


In October 2020, Bash and [[Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails|51 former intelligence officials signed a letter stating]] the disclosure of emails in the [[Hunter Biden laptop controversy|Hunter Biden laptop story]] "has the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation".<ref>{{cite news |title=Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/19/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276|date=October 19, 2020}}</ref> There has been a diligent effort to demonstrate that the Hunter Biden laptop story is disinformation. However, NPR had to make the correction, “A previous version of this story said U.S. intelligence had discredited the laptop story. U.S. intelligence officials have not made a statement to that effect” after falsely claiming that the Hunter Biden laptop story had been discredited.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hunter Biden's Memoir 'Beautiful Things' Seeks To Tell Just Where He's Been|url= https://www.npr.org/2021/03/31/983159102/hunter-bidens-memoir-beautiful-things-seeks-to-tell-just-where-hes-been|date=April 1, 2021|access-date=2022-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= The return of Hunter Biden's laptop|date=25 March 2022 |url=https://www.vox.com/22992772/hunter-biden-laptop}}</ref>
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He was interviewed by ''[[The New York Times]]'' in regard to an October 5, 2013 [[U.S. Special Operations Forces]] raid in Tripoli, Libya that resulted in the capture of [[Abu Anas al-Libi]], a terrorist target who was indicted in the [[1998 United States embassy bombings]] in Kenya and Tanzania.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/world/africa/raids-show-the-limits-of-us-military-strikes.html | work="The New York Times" |title=Raids Show the Limits of U.S. Military Strikes |author=Peter Baker and David E. Sanger |date=2013-10-06}}</ref> Bash also appeared as a commentator on [[PBS NewsHour]] and was interviewed on [[ABC World News]] regarding both the Tripoli raid and an aborted raid in Somalia to capture an [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabab]] commander known as Ikrimah.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/july-dec13/africa2_10-07.html |work=PBS NewsHour |title=Interview by Judy Woodruff with PBS Foreign Affairs Correspondent Margaret Warner |date=2013-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/threats-follow-us-special-operations-libya-somalia-20499896 |work=ABC World News with Diane Sawyer |title=Threats Follow US Special Operations in Libya, Somalia |date=2013-10-07}}</ref>


In April 2022, Bash was appointed by the Senate Armed Services Committee to serve as a member of the [[Afghanistan War Commission]], a bipartisan commission designed to study the entirety of U.S. military operations in [[Afghanistan]] from 2001 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Armed Services Committees Leadership Announces Selections for Afghanistan War Commission |url=https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/armed-services-committees-leadership-announces-selections-for-afghanistan-war-commission |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=www.inhofe.senate.gov |language=en |archive-date=2022-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402023641/https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/armed-services-committees-leadership-announces-selections-for-afghanistan-war-commission |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Nichols |date=2022-04-04 |title=Congressional Armed Services Committee Leaders Unveil Afghanistan War Commission Members |url=https://executivegov.com/2022/04/armed-services-committee-leaders-unveil-afghanistan-war-commission-members/ |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=executivegov.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Personal life==
He is married to Robyn Bash, Vice President at the American Hospital Association.<ref>https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_5901a-1024x683.jpg</ref>


==In other media==
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He was married to CNN cable television journalist [[Dana Bash]] from 1998 to 2007. <ref name=HuffPostStein /><ref>{{cite news|title=Weddings|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/06/style/weddings-dana-schwartz-jeremy-bash.html|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=12 July 2011|date=1998-09-06}}</ref>
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In 2008, a minor character based on Bash appeared in the [[HBO]] original movie ''[[Recount (film)|Recount]]'' about the [[United States presidential election in Florida, 2000|2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida]]. Bash was portrayed by [[Derek Cecil]].<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/><ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000771/ | title= Recount (2008) | publisher= Internet Movie Database| access-date= May 8, 2019}}</ref> Bash is portrayed in the 2012 movie ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'', although the character is mentioned by first name only (both within the film and in the cast credits).


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In 2010, Bash was named as one of [[Time (magazine)|''TIME'' Magazine]]'s 40 Under 40, a list of 40 significant persons under age 40.<ref>{{cite magazine| url= http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023831_2023829_2025224,00.html | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101017071438/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023831_2023829_2025224,00.html | url-status= dead | archive-date= October 17, 2010 | magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | title=40 Under 40 — New Civic Leaders: Jeremy Bash| date=2010-10-14| access-date= 2019-05-08}}</ref>
==Notes==
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In 2008, a minor character based on Bash appeared in the [[HBO]] original movie ''[[Recount (film)|Recount]]'' about the [[United States presidential election in Florida, 2000|2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida]]. Bash was portrayed by [[Derek Cecil]].<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000771/</ref> Bash was also portrayed in the 2012 movie ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'', in which he is called by his first name only, both within the film and as billed in the cast credits.


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==Personal life==
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In 2010, Bash was named as one of [http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023831_2023829_2025224,00.html ''TIME'' Magazine's 40 Under 40].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023831_2023829_2025224,00.html | work=Time | title=40 Under 40 | date=2010-10-14}}</ref>
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Bash was married to [[CNN]] journalist [[Dana Bash]] from 1998<ref>{{cite news| title= Weddings| url= https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/06/style/weddings-dana-schwartz-jeremy-bash.html|work =The New York Times|accessdate=12 July 2011| date=1998-09-06}}</ref> to 2007.<ref name= HuffPostStein />

Bash married Robyn Cooke in 2009,<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/05/01/2017-whcd-party-recap-journalists-new-stars-weekend/ | title= 2017 WHCD Party Recap: Journalists Were The New Stars of Weekend| first= Dan| last= Swartz| date= May 1, 2017| work= [[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]]| access-date= May 8, 2019}}</ref> the vice president of government relations and public policy operations for the [[American Hospital Association]].<ref name= birthday>{{cite news| url= https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/29/playbook-birthday-robyn-bash-374125| website= Politico.com| title= BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Robyn Bash, VP of gov't relations and public policy operations at the American Hospital Association| first= Daniel| last= Lippman| date= January 29, 2019| access-date= May 8, 2019}}</ref> They have three daughters.<ref name= Jbirthday /><ref name= birthday />


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Jeremy Bash
Bash in 2017
Personal details
Born (1971-08-13) August 13, 1971 (age 53)
Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
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(m. 1998; div. 2007)​
Robyn Cooke
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(m. 2009)​
Children3
EducationGeorgetown University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Jeremy B. Bash (born August 13, 1971)[1] is an American lawyer. He was the chief of staff at the Central Intelligence Agency (2009–2011) and the U.S. Department of Defense (2011–2013) under President Barack Obama.[2][3] As a senior advisor to Leon Panetta in both roles, Bash worked on a number of key initiatives, including the creation of a new defense strategy, formation of two defense budgets, counterterrorism operations, a new cyber strategy, and a range of sensitive intelligence operations.

Bash is currently a managing director at Beacon Global Strategies LLC,[1] which he founded with partners Philippe Reines and Andrew Shapiro in 2013.[4][5] Additionally, Bash serves as national security analyst for NBC News and its cable division, MSNBC.

Early life and education

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Jeremy Bash was born and raised in Arlington, Virginia to a Conservative Jewish family.[6] Bash graduated in 1989 from the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School.[7] Bash graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Georgetown University, where he was editor-in-chief of The Hoya, the school's student newspaper,[7] in 1989, he was an intern for Senator Chuck Robb.[1] In 1998, Bash received his J.D. degree with honors from Harvard Law School,[8] where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.[7]

Career

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Following his graduation, Bash clerked for Leonie Brinkema, U.S. District Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia.[9] Bash was admitted to the bars of Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.[citation needed]

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder, and Panetta's chief of staff Jeremy Bash at NATO headquarters in Brussels (2013)

In 2000, Bash served as the national security issues director for the presidential campaign of Al Gore and Joe Lieberman.[7] In that role, he advised the candidates, their surrogates, and staff on national security policy matters, including the Middle East peace process, counter-terrorism, non-proliferation, missile defense, and trade.[citation needed]

From 2001 to 2004, Bash was in private law practice with the firm O’Melveny & Myers in their Washington, DC office. His practice focused on congressional investigations, regulatory matters, and litigation.[citation needed] He then served as chief minority counsel on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the U.S. House of Representatives[8] and as an aide to California Representative Jane Harman, the committee's top Democrat.[10]

Bash was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[citation needed] He has spoken at conferences or as part of courses for Harvard Law School, Georgetown Law School, American University, and the National War College.[citation needed]

Bash was interviewed by The New York Times in regard to an October 5, 2013 U.S. Special Operations Forces raid in Tripoli, Libya that resulted in the capture of Abu Anas al-Libi, a terrorist target who was indicted in the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.[11] Bash also appeared as a commentator on PBS NewsHour and was interviewed on ABC World News regarding both the Tripoli raid and an aborted raid in Somalia to capture an al-Shabab commander known as Ikrimah.[12][13]

In October 2020, Bash and 51 former intelligence officials signed a letter stating the disclosure of emails in the Hunter Biden laptop story "has the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation".[14] There has been a diligent effort to demonstrate that the Hunter Biden laptop story is disinformation. However, NPR had to make the correction, “A previous version of this story said U.S. intelligence had discredited the laptop story. U.S. intelligence officials have not made a statement to that effect” after falsely claiming that the Hunter Biden laptop story had been discredited.[15][16]

In April 2022, Bash was appointed by the Senate Armed Services Committee to serve as a member of the Afghanistan War Commission, a bipartisan commission designed to study the entirety of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021.[17][18]

In other media

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In 2008, a minor character based on Bash appeared in the HBO original movie Recount about the 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida. Bash was portrayed by Derek Cecil.[3][19] Bash is portrayed in the 2012 movie Zero Dark Thirty, although the character is mentioned by first name only (both within the film and in the cast credits).

In 2010, Bash was named as one of TIME Magazine's 40 Under 40, a list of 40 significant persons under age 40.[20]

Personal life

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Bash was married to CNN journalist Dana Bash from 1998[21] to 2007.[10]

Bash married Robyn Cooke in 2009,[22] the vice president of government relations and public policy operations for the American Hospital Association.[23] They have three daughters.[1][23]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Jeremy Bash, a founder and managing director of Beacon Global Strategies and a CIA and DOD alum". Politico. August 13, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  2. ^ Bumiller, Elizabeth (2011-07-01). "Change (but Not Too Much) at the Top of the Pentagon". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  3. ^ a b Stein, Jeff (2009-03-03). "CIA Has a Bash, Jeremy Bash". Huffington Post.
  4. ^ Fryer-Biggs, Zach. "Clinton Allies Join Bush Alum To Form New Consulting Group". Defense News. Archived from the original on 2013-09-05. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  5. ^ Eilperin, Juliet (2013-09-03). "Former Hillary Clinton aides form bipartisan consulting firm". The Washington Post.
  6. ^ Palmer, Joanne (May 1, 2015). "News from a Jersey girl – CNN's Dana Bash talks at a benefit for the Academies at Gerrard Berman Day School". Jewish Standard.
  7. ^ a b c d "Jeremy Bash". cesjds.org. Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Nancy-Ann DeParle '83 and Jeremy Bash '98 join Obama administration". Harvard Law Today. Harvard University Law School. March 4, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  9. ^ Dwyer, Timothy (2006-03-17). "A Firm Grip on the Gavel". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  10. ^ a b Stein, Jeff (April 3, 2009). "CIA Has a Bash, Jeremy Bash". Huffington Post.
  11. ^ Baker, Peter; Sanger, David E. (2013-10-06). "Raids Show the Limits of U.S. Military Strikes". The New York Times.
  12. ^ "Interview by Judy Woodruff with PBS Foreign Affairs Correspondent Margaret Warner". PBS NewsHour. 2013-10-07. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  13. ^ "Threats Follow US Special Operations in Libya, Somalia". ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. 2013-10-07.
  14. ^ "Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say". October 19, 2020.
  15. ^ "Hunter Biden's Memoir 'Beautiful Things' Seeks To Tell Just Where He's Been". April 1, 2021. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  16. ^ "The return of Hunter Biden's laptop". 25 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Armed Services Committees Leadership Announces Selections for Afghanistan War Commission". www.inhofe.senate.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  18. ^ Martin, Nichols (2022-04-04). "Congressional Armed Services Committee Leaders Unveil Afghanistan War Commission Members". executivegov.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  19. ^ "Recount (2008)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  20. ^ "40 Under 40 — New Civic Leaders: Jeremy Bash". Time. 2010-10-14. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  21. ^ "Weddings". The New York Times. 1998-09-06. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  22. ^ Swartz, Dan (May 1, 2017). "2017 WHCD Party Recap: Journalists Were The New Stars of Weekend". Washingtonian. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  23. ^ a b Lippman, Daniel (January 29, 2019). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Robyn Bash, VP of gov't relations and public policy operations at the American Hospital Association". Politico.com. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
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