John Kasich Announces New Additions to National Security Advisory Group

KASICH ANNOUNCES NEW ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY GROUP
 
Today Kasich for America announced 25 new members to Gov. John Kasich’s national security advisory group, drawing upon some of America’s leading national security, foreign policy, cyber security and homeland security experts.
 
The new participants join Kasich's national security team in advising the campaign on policy development, and providing insight and comment based on their experience.
 
John Kasich served for 18 years on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, where he was a key supporter of President Reagan’s defense build-up, and led efforts to crack down on contractors overcharging the military for parts and supplies. He helped guide the passage of the landmark Goldwater-Nichols legislation that aligned the Pentagon command structure for the post-Cold War threat environment and was instrumental in creating the U.S. Special Operations Command.
 
John Kasich has laid out the most detailed defense spending proposal of any candidate, calling for $5.4 trillion in funds over the next eight years—$102 billion more than current levels.
 
He was one of the first to call for the U.S. to join its European and Mideast allies in a coalition to defeat ISIS and was one of the first to call for no-fly zones and safe havens in Syria to stem the humanitarian crisis driving the flow of refugees into Europe.
 
The growing support that Kasich is receiving from America’s national security establishment reflects the expertise that he brings to the issue and which he continues to demonstrate, as in last Saturday’s debate.
 
Advisors are providing advice and counsel in their personal capacities and their organizations are listed for identification purposes only:
 
Richard V. Allen
Former National Security Advisor to President Reagan
Foreign Policy Advisor to Richard Nixon
Deputy Director, Council on International Economic Policy
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
 
Alvin “Buzzy” Krongard
Former Executive Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Former Chairman and CEO, Alex. Brown & Sons
 
William Schneider, Jr.
Former Under Secretary of State
Former Chairman, Defense Science Board
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget, Defense
 
Charles King Mallory, IV
National Security Policy Coordinator
Former Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
CEO, The Aspen Institute Germany
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The Hon. Trent Lott
Former Senator, MS, Majority Leader
 
The Hon. Gordon J. Humphrey
Former Senator, NH,
Armed Services Committee, Foreign Relations Committee
 
The Hon. John E. Sununu
Former Senator, NH
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
Foreign Relations Committee
 
The Hon. Pete Hoekstra
Former Member, US House of Representatives, MI
Chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
 
The Hon. Jim Kolbe
Former Member, US House of Representatives, AZ
Former Chair, House Appropriations Subcommittee on
Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs
 
The Hon. Christopher Shays
Former Member, US House of Representatives, CT
Chairman, Overight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security
Homeland Security Committee
 
The Hon. Bob Walker
Former Member, US House of Representatives, PA
Deputy Chief Whip
Chairman, Committee on Science, Space and Technology
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Bruce E. Bechtol
Professor, Department of Security Studies and Criminal Justice
Angelo State University
 
George Beebe
Former Chief, Russia Analysis Group
Central Intelligence Agency
 
Catherine Bertini
Professor, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
 
Frank J. Cilluffo
Director, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security
George Washington University
Former Special Assistant to
President George W. Bush for Homeland Security
 
Carrie Cordero
Former Counsel, Assistant Attorney General for
National Security, Department of Justice
 
Joseph DeTrani
Ambassador, Former National Mission Manager,
Counterproliferation, North Korea
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
 
Chuck Downs
Former Pentagon Official
Author, Over the Line: North Korea's Negotiating Strategy
 
Sumit Ganguly
Tagore Professor, Department of Political Science
Indiana University, Bloomington
 
Carol A. Haave
Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for
Counterintelligence and Security
 
John Hewko
Former Vice President for Operations and Compact Development
Millennium Challenge Corporation
 
Gregory Hicks
Former Deputy Chief of Mission
U.S. Embassy, Libya
 
Bruce Hoffman
Director, Center for Security Studies, Security Studies Program
Georgetown University
 
Donald N. Jensen
Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
 
David S. Maxwell
Associate Director, Center for Security Studies
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
 
Brig. General R. Tipton Osterthaler
USAF (Retired), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
European and NATO Policy,
Vice Commander, Air Intelligence Agency
 
Jeffrey Phillips
Director of Congressional and Government Relations
International Republican Institute
 
Herman Pirchner, Jr.
President, American Foreign Policy Council
 
Samantha F. Ravich
Former Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Cheney
Co-Chair, National Commission for the Review of Research & Development in the U.S. Intelligence Community
 
Mitchell Reiss
Ambassador, Former Director, Policy Planning, Department of State
 
David Satter
Author and former Moscow Correspondent, The Financial Times
 
Ted Schlein
Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, Byers
 
Capt. Rinehart Wilke
USN (Retired), Former Chief of Staff,
USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (CSG-12)