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Michael Patrick Mulroy
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Michael "Mick" Patrick Mulroy is the former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East. He worked in this position from October 2017 until December 2019. He was responsible for representing the United States Department of Defense defense policy and policy in the interagency on the Middle East.[1][2][3][4] He is also a retired CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer and a United States Marine.[5]
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East | |
In office 20 October 2017 – 1 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Exum |
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Education | Augusta University Samford University |
Profession | National security |
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Rank | Officer and Enlisted Paramilitary Operations Officer Senior Executive Service |
Unit | 4th Marine Division Special Activities Center Secretary of Defense |
Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan Iraq War War on Terrorism |
He co-founded the Lobo Institute, where he started working on a documentary about a child soldier called My Star in the Sky.[6][7][8] He also began working in the nonprofit Grassroots Reconciliation Group, became a Special Advisor to the United Nations,[9] a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute,[10] and a ABC News National Security Analyst.[11][12][13]