dr. Colin Kahl
American political adviser, former White House staff member
Colin Kahl was the Deputy Assistant to President Obama and National Security Advisor to Vice President Biden.
In addition to teaching at Georgetown, Dr. Kahl served as Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. From 2009-2011, Dr. Kahl served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East. In that position, he was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service in June 2011. Dr. Kahl served at the Pentagon from 2005-2006, where he was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs fellow in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability Operations. Dr. Kahl is the author of a number of reports and publications on far-ranging issues in the Middle East.
The Common Good hosted Dr. Kahl in 2012: Col. Jack Jacobs & Colin Kahl, Middle East Hot Topics.
Twitter: @ColinKahl
