John Charles Rood (born 1968) is an American national security adviser and former government official who served as the

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from January 2018 to February 2020. Before that, he was Senior Vice President of

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where he oversaw international business. He also served as vice president for Domestic Business Development at

and he was a vice president at the

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Early life and education

Rood was born in 1968. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

Career

Rood also served as Acting

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from September 2007 to January 2009, and as

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from October 2006 to September 2007. He served at the

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as special assistant to the president and senior director of Counterproliferation and Director of Proliferation Strategy for Counterproliferation in Homeland Defense. Rood served at the Defense Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Forces Policy, and at the

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as an analyst following missile programs in foreign countries. In addition, he served as senior policy advisor to U.S. Senator

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of Arizona. On October 16, 2017, Rood was nominated by President

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to become the

. He was confirmed by the

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on January 3, 2018. In January 2018, Secretary

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released the

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(NDS) which placed the order of priorities for the Department of Defense as China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and then Countering Terrorism. As the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Rood was responsible for the implementation of the NDS worldwide. On February 19, 2020, Rood was asked to leave the administration by President Trump and offered his resignation effective February 28, 2020.

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Early life and education

Career

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