Keith Kellogg
Keith Kellogg | |
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| Born | May 12, 1944 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Santa Clara University (BA) University of Kansas, Lawrence (MS) |
Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr., known as Keith Kellogg, is a retired officer in the United States Army. President-elect Donald J. Trump put Kellogg in charge of the presidential transition agency action team for defense.[1] He was named a foreign policy advisor to then presidential candidate Trump in March 2016.[2]
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Kellogg was commissioned into the Army through ROTC at Santa Clara University. During the Vietnam War he served in the 101st Airborne Division and as a special forces adviser to the Cambodian Army.[3] In 1996 he took command of the 82nd Airborne Division. Later rising to the rank of Lieutenant General, from 2003 to 2004 he held a leading position in the Coalition Provisional Authority.[4][3] Kellogg served as chief operating officer for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, the transition government of Iraq, after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of that country.[5] Following Kellogg's retirement from active duty, he joined Oracle Corporation as an adviser to its homeland security division.[6]
Kellogg is married. His wife, Paige, is a former U.S. Army officer who served during the 1983 Invasion of Grenada.[3]
References
- ^ Romm, Tony (9 November 2016). "New details emerge on Trump transition organization". Politico. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ Rappeport, Alan (22 March 2016). "Top Experts Confounded by Advisers to Donald Trump". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ a b c Cuningham, Henry (28 November 1996). "KELLOGG ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE 82ND". Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ Ryan, Missy (9 November 2016). "With Trump as commander in chief, 'America is in uncharted territory'". Washington Post. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ Ryan, Missy; Mufson, Steven (22 March 2016). "One of Trump's foreign policy advisers is a 2009 college grad who lists Model UN as a credential". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "Oracle exec flies out to Iraq to help with rebuilding". Computer Weekly. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2016.