John Rader, a native of Cookeville, Tennessee, will be Hagerty’s chief of staff and, most recently, he was assistant president to the president for strategic initiatives in the White House and also previously served on the National Security Council, working on policy and strategy. The new job is a return to the Capitol for Rader, who was once an adviser to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Hagerty also asked former Trump officials to fill his policy team, hiring Robert Zarate, who was on the State Department’s policy planning team and previously worked for Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), to be his adviser. national security; Jonathan Greenstein, deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury Department and a former Goldman Sachs employee, will be the senior policy advisor; and Kevin Kim, who was previously a senior adviser to the Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control, to be his national security fellow.
Retired US Army colonel Joel Rayburn, former US Special Envoy to Syria in the state and former senior director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon at the NSC, will have the unusual title on Capitol Hill as “Special Advisor for Middle East Affairs “. Hagerty also hired Adam Telle, who most recently headed the Senate team at the White House Legislative Affairs Office, to be his top adviser.
“The team I put together in my Washington office not only adds to the strong local state organization announced this month, but also brings a wide range of experiences and qualifications that will serve our state and country well,” said Hagerty. in a statement.
Other former Trump advisers Hagerty hired include: Addison Osborne, a former intern at the White House political affairs office, to be the assistant planner; Rachel Leong, a former White House legislative affairs officer, as a legislative correspondent; Shane Harris, who was most recently associate director of the White House Team Secretary’s office, as coordinator of special projects; Lucas Da Pieve, a former employee of the Presidential Correspondence Office, will be project director; and Natalie McIntyre, former legislative affairs officer at the Office of Management and Budget, to be deputy legislative director.
Capitol Hill Republican offices have hired several former Trump officials, both from the White House and various agencies, but Hagerty’s hiring of 13 former Trump officials goes beyond what other Republican lawmakers have done.
“Senator Hagerty ran and told the people of Tennessee to send him to Washington to build on President Trump’s successes, and there is no better way to do that than by hiring the best in the government he is leaving,” said Deere in a statement. statement, answering questions about why so many Trump employees were hired. “The senator also wanted to hire the most talented people in their respective fields and is fortunate that those individuals with decades of combined experience – especially on issues related to foreign policy and the economy, Hagerty’s top priorities – were thrilled to join your team and serve the American people. ”