Ken Wainstein | |
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Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis | |
Assumed office June 13, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | David Glawe |
4th United States Homeland Security Advisor | |
In office March 30,2008 –January 20,2009 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Frances Townsend |
Succeeded by | John O. Brennan |
United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division | |
In office September 28,2006 –March 30,2008 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Patrick Rowan |
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | |
In office May 2004 –September 28,2006 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Roscoe Howard |
Succeeded by | Ronald Machen |
Personal details | |
Born | Kenneth Leonard Wainstein 1962 (age 61–62) |
Education | University of Virginia (BA) University of California,Berkeley (JD) |
Kenneth Leonard Wainstein (born 1962) is an American lawyer. [1] He served as the first assistant attorney general for national security,and later as the homeland security advisor to United States President George W. Bush. In 2022 under the Biden administration,he was appointed under secretary of homeland security for intelligence and analysis. [2] [3]
Wainstein is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned his JD from the University of California,Berkeley School of Law. [1]
Wainstein worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation,as General Counsel and as Chief of Staff to the FBI Director. [1] He was the United States attorney for the District of Columbia. [1]
On September 26,2006,he was sworn in as the Department of Justice's assistant attorney general responsible for National Security. [4]
Wainstein was appointed homeland security advisor by President George W. Bush on March 30,2008. He was also assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security Council. He was appointed as the "national continuity coordinator" under the auspices of National Security Presidential Directive 51. [5]
Wainstein also serves as a member of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense,a group that encourages and advocates changes to government policy to strengthen national biodefense. [6]
In 2020,Wainstein,along with over 130 other former Republican national security officials,signed a statement asserting that President Trump was unfit to serve another term,and "to that end,we are firmly convinced that it is in the best interest of our nation that Vice President Joe Biden be elected as the next President of the United States,and we will vote for him." [7]
In October 2020,Wainstein signed a letter,along with nineteen other Republican-appointed former U.S. attorneys,calling President Donald Trump "a threat to the rule of law in our country" and endorsing Joe Biden. [8]
On November 5,2021,President Joseph Biden nominated Wainstein for the position of under secretary of homeland security for intelligence and analysis. The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held its open hearing on his nomination on January 12,2022. [9] The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held its hearing on his nomination on February 3,2022. [10] The full Senate voted to confirm Wainstein 63–35 on June 7,2022. [3] He was sworn in on June 13,2022. [11]
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