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Jeremy B. Bash (born August 13, 1971) is an American lawyer. He was the chief of staff at the
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(2009–2011) and the
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(2011–2013) under President
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. As a senior advisor to
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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, which he founded with partners
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and Andrew Shapiro in 2013. Additionally, Bash serves as national security analyst for
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and its cable division,
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.


Early life and education

Jeremy Bash was born and raised in Arlington,
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
to a
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family. Bash graduated in 1989 from the
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, often referred to as CESJDS or JDS, is a private, pluralistic Jewish JK-12 school located in two campuses in North Bethesda ( Rockville postal address), Maryland, United States.
. Bash graduated ''magna cum laude'' and
Phi Beta Kappa The Phi Beta Kappa Society () is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and the most prestigious, due in part to its long history and academic selectivity. Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal ...
from
Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...
, where he was editor-in-chief of ''
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'', the school's student newspaper, In 1989, he was an intern for Senator
Chuck Robb Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician from Virginia and former officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 64th governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and a United ...
. In 1998, Bash received his J.D. degree with honors from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the '' Harvard Law Review''.


Career

Following his graduation, Bash clerked for
Leonie Brinkema Leonie Helen Milhomme Brinkema (born June 26, 1944) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Early life and education She was born as Leonie Milhomme in Teaneck, New Jersey. She ...
, U.S. District Judge in the Eastern District of
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
. Bash was admitted to the bars of Virginia,
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, the
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, the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2000, Bash served as the national security issues director for the presidential campaign of
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and
Joe Lieberman Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee for ...
. In that role, he advised the candidates, their surrogates, and staff on national security policy matters, including the
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,
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,
non-proliferation Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations not recognized as " Nuclear Weapon States" by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Wea ...
, missile defense, and trade. From 2001 to 2004, Bash was in private law practice with the firm
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in their Washington, DC office. His practice focused on congressional investigations, regulatory matters, and litigation. He then served as chief minority counsel on the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), also known as the House Intelligence Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives, currently chaired by Adam Schiff. It is the primary committ ...
of the
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and as an aide to California Representative
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, the committee's top Democrat. Bash was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has spoken at conferences or as part of courses for Harvard Law School,
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, American University, and the National War College. Bash was interviewed by ''
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'' in regard to an October 5, 2013 U.S. Special Operations Forces raid in
Tripoli, Libya Tripoli (; ar, طرابلس الغرب, translit= Ṭarābulus al-Gharb , translation=Western Tripoli) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.1 million people in 2019. It is located in the northwe ...
that resulted in the capture of
Abu Anas al-Libi Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'i, ar, نزيه عبد الحميد نبيه الرقيعي  Libyan pronunciation: known by the alias Abu Anas al-Libi ( ; ar, ابو أنس الليبي  Libyan pronunciation: ; 30 March 1964; or ...
, a terrorist target who was indicted in the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Bash also appeared as a commentator on ''
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'' and was interviewed on ''
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'' regarding both the Tripoli raid and an aborted raid in Somalia to capture an al-Shabab commander known as Ikrimah. In October 2020, Bash and more than 50 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". 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 making the false claim that the Hunter Biden laptop story had been discredited. In April 2022, Bash was appointed by the Senate Armed Services Committee to serve as a member of the
Afghanistan War Commission The Afghanistan War Commission is a bipartisan task force set up to study the entirety of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021. This commission was formally authorized as part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. ...
, a bipartisan commission designed to study the entirety of U.S. military operations in
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
from 2001 to 2021.


In other media

In 2008, a minor character based on Bash appeared in the HBO original movie ''
Recount An election recount is a repeat tabulation of votes cast in an election that is used to determine the correctness of an initial count. Recounts will often take place if the initial vote tally during an election is extremely close. Election reco ...
'' about the
2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida The 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida was a period of vote recounting in Florida that occurred during the weeks after Election Day in the 2000 United States presidential election between George W. Bush and Al G ...
. Bash was portrayed by
Derek Cecil Derek Cecil (born January 5, 1973) is an American actor. He played the role of Seth Grayson on the Netflix series ''House of Cards'', starred in the short-lived series ''Push, Nevada'' and '' The Beat'', and made several appearances in the series ...
. Bash is portrayed in the 2012 movie ''
Zero Dark Thirty ''Zero Dark Thirty'' is a 2012 American thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of terrorist network Al-Qaeda, after the ...
'', 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.


Personal life

Bash was married to
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journalist
Dana Bash Dana Ruth Bash (born June 15, 1971; née Schwartz) is an American journalist, news anchor, and chief political correspondent for CNN. Early life and education Bash was born Dana Ruth Schwartz in Manhattan, New York City, into a family of Je ...
from 1998 to 2007. Bash is married to Robyn Bash, Vice President of Government Relations and Public Policy Operations for the American Hospital Association. They have three daughters.


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