Dan Senor
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| Dan Senor | |
| Born | Daniel Samuel Senor November 6, 1971 New York, USA |
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| Education | B.A., M.B.A. |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario Hebrew University of Jerusalem Harvard Business School |
| Spouse(s) | Campbell Brown (m. 2006–present) 2 children |
| Children | Eli James Senor (b. 2007) Asher Liam Senor (b. 2009) |
Daniel Samuel Senor (born November 6, 1971) is a founding partner of Rosemont Capital LLC, and Rosemont Solebury Capital Management. He is also a contributor to Fox News, frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, and author of an upcoming book about the economy of Israel and globalization in the Middle East. He is most noted for his former position as chief spokesperson for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; some criticized him in that role because of his inability to speak Arabic [1] [2]. He is married to television news personality Campbell Brown.
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[edit] Early life and education
Senor was born Jewish[3] in upstate New York (Utica).[4] His father, James Mayer Senor, grew up in Cleveland, and his mother is a native of Kosice, Slovakia. He attended high school in Toronto, Ontario and received a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Senor also attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as part of his undergraduate studies.
He received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 2001.
[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
According to The Forward, Senor began his political career in 1993 as an intern for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.[5]
Senor spent much of the 1990s working in Congress, as both a foreign policy advisor and Communications Director to former U.S. Senator and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham (R-MI).
From 2001 to 2003, he was an investment professional at the Carlyle Group.[6]
[edit] Iraq
In early 2003, Senor joined the Administration of George W. Bush, as deputy to White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.[6]. In the lead-up to the Iraq war and during the war, he was a Pentagon and White House advisor based in Doha, Qatar at U.S. Central Command Forward; he was subsequently based in Kuwait working with General Jay Garner during the final days of the war and in southern Iraq when the Iraqi regime fell; and formally re-located to Baghdad on April 20, 2003, when he traveled with General Garner’s team in the first post-war civilian convoy. Senor remained in Iraq until the summer of 2004.
While in Kuwait and Iraq, Senor was an adviser to both the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance and later the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), for which he was Chief Spokesman and Senior Advisor. Senor was one of the longest serving civilians in Iraq. For his service, he was awarded the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award, one of the Pentagon’s highest civilian honors.
In September 2004, the White House controversially employed Senor to coach and ghostwrite the speeches of Iraq's interim prime minister Iyad Allawi during his visit to the US, in an effort to enhance the Bush reelection campaign. At the same time, Senor appeared on cable news programs claiming that Allawi's positive remarks (vetted by Senor) supported the Bush Administration's rosy view of the Iraq occupation.
[edit] Current activities
Senor is a founding partner of Rosemont Capital, a global investment firm and a hedge fund.
In the Spring of 2008, Senor became an Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.[7]
He is currently an analyst for Fox News, where he has also hosted two investigative documentaries – on Iraq and Iran. He is also published frequently by The Wall Street Journal, and has also authored pieces for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Post, and The Weekly Standard.
Senor is currently working on a book about the economy of Israel and globalization in the Middle East, which is scheduled to be published by TwelveBooks (www.twelvebooks.com) in 2009.
[edit] Personal life
In April 2006, Senor married Campbell Brown, who at the time was weekend anchor of The Today Show on NBC.[8] In December 2007, Brown gave birth to the couple's first child, a boy named Eli James Senor.[9] His sister, Wendy Senor Singer, is the head of AIPAC's Jerusalem office. [10] On April 6, 2009, Brown gave birth to a second son, Asher Liam Senor.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ Response to Dan Senor's WashPost Op-Ed
- ^ Frontline: The Lost Year in Iraq
- ^ jweekly.com
- ^ Campbell Brown and Dan Senor - New York Times
- ^ Campaign Confidential, The Forward, 25 July 2003
- ^ a b Joshua Micah Marshall, Laura Rozen, and Colin Soloway, "The Washington Monthly's Who's Who, December 2003: Special Baghdad edition", Washington Monthly, December 2003
- ^ Daniel Senor - Council on Foreign Relations
- ^ NBC's Campbell Brown Gets Married, People.com]
- ^ CNN Anchor Campbell Brown Has a Baby Boy, People.com]
- ^ Twelve to Publish Book on Israel by ex-Romney Adviser and Opinion Editor of Jerusalem Post The New York Observer, 7 March 2008
- ^ "Campbell Brown Welcomes Baby Asher Liam Senor". The Huffington Post. April 6, 2009. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/06/campbell-brown-welcomes-b_n_183767.html. Retrieved on April 6, 2009.
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[edit] External links
- Dan Senor's Whitehouse.gov Page
- Dan Senor - Rosemont Solebury Capital Management
- Dan Senor's Council on Foreign Relations Page
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