Brian P. McKeon
{{Short description|American government official (born 1964)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Brian McKeon
| image = Brian McKeon 2022 (cropped).jpg
| office = 4th United States Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources
| president = Joe Biden
| term_start = March 19, 2021
| term_end = December 31, 2022
| predecessor = Heather Higginbottom
| successor = Richard R. Verma
| order1 = Acting
| office1 = Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
| president1 = Barack Obama
| term_start1 = June 10, 2016
| term_end1 = January 20, 2017
| predecessor1 = Christine Wormuth
| successor1 = Robert S. Karem (acting)
| office2 = Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
| president2 = Barack Obama
| term_start2 = July 28, 2014
| term_end2 = June 10, 2016
| predecessor2 = Kathleen H. Hicks
| successor2 = David B. Shear
| office3 = Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States National Security Council
| president3 = Barack Obama
| term_start3 = March 16, 2012
| term_end3 = July 28, 2014
| predecessor3 = Nate Tibbits
| successor3 = Suzy George
| birth_name = Brian Patrick McKeon
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|2|11}}
| birth_place = Auburn, New York
| education = University of Notre Dame (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)
| caption = McKeon in 2022
}}
Brian Patrick McKeon (born February 11, 1964){{cite book |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-113shrg93919/pdf/CHRG-113shrg93919.pdf |title=Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 113th Congress |chapter=Biographical and Financial Information Requested of Nominees |date=2015 |pages=371–374 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=May 29, 2021}} is an American attorney and national security advisor who served as the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources in the Biden Administration from March 2021 to December 2022.
Early life and education
McKeon was born and raised in Auburn, New York, graduating from Auburn High School in 1981.{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Robert |date=9 November 2020 |title=Auburn native Brian McKeon, longtime Biden adviser, has front-row seat to history |url=https://auburnpub.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/auburn-native-brian-mckeon-longtime-biden-adviser-has-front-row-seat-to-history/article_f3d31fcd-5a67-5798-bff8-679ea0ba220e.html |access-date=2021-01-17 |website=Auburn Citizen |language=en}}{{Cite web|author=Staff Report|date=2021-01-16|title=Auburn native nominated to be part of Joe Biden's State Department|url=https://fingerlakes1.com/2021/01/16/auburn-native-nominated-to-be-part-of-joe-bidens-state-department/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Fingerlakes1.com|language=en-US}} He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and international relations from University of Notre Dame in 1985 and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1995.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Brian P. McKeon, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy|url=https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA18/20151201/104226/HHRG-114-FA18-Bio-McKeonB-20151201.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907062311/http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA18/20151201/104226/HHRG-114-FA18-Bio-McKeonB-20151201.pdf |archive-date=2016-09-07 |access-date=|website=docs.house.gov}}
Career
File:Deputy Secretary McKeon is Sworn in as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources (51052375517).jpg in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2021.]]
During law school, McKeon was a law clerk for Judge Robert G. Doumar of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. From 1987 to 1995, McKeon worked in the office of then-Senator Joe Biden, including as a legislative assistant specializing in foreign policy and defense. From 1997 to 2009, he was chief counsel for Democratic members of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. After Biden became vice president of the United States, McKeon was selected to serve as his deputy national security advisor. He later became the COO for the United States National Security Council (NSC). From 2012 to 2014, he was executive secretary of the NSC.{{cite web | url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/white-house-announces-new-executive-secretarychief-staff-national-securi | title=White House Announces New Executive Secretary/Chief of Staff for the National Security Staff | date=16 March 2012 }}{{cite web | url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/29/white-house-announces-new-executive-secretary-chief-staff-national-secur | title=White House Announces New Executive Secretary / Chief of Staff for the National Security Council Staff | date=29 July 2014 }} McKeon served as principal deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from 2014 to 2017.{{Cite web|title=Brian P. McKeon - Biography from LegiStorm|url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/8086/Brian_P_McKeon.html|access-date=2021-01-17|website=www.legistorm.com}}{{Cite news|last=Crowley|first=Michael|date=2021-01-16|title=Biden and Harris introduced members of their White House science team.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/politics/biden-harris-science-team.html|access-date=2021-01-17|issn=0362-4331}} After leaving the Obama Administration, McKeon became the executive director of the Penn Biden Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also written columns on national security issues for Just Security.{{Cite web|last=McKeon|first=Brian P.|title=Brian P. McKeon, Author at Just Security|url=https://www.justsecurity.org/author/mckeonbrian/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Just Security|language=en-US}}
=Biden administration=
On January 16, 2021, it was announced that McKeon would be nominated to serve as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources in the incoming Biden Administration.{{Cite news|last1=Bogel-Burroughs|first1=Nicholas|last2=Benner|first2=Katie|date=2021-01-16|title=Live Updates: Amid Fears of Inauguration Violence, Man With Gun Is Arrested in Washington, but Calls It 'Honest Mistake'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/16/us/inauguration-day-biden|access-date=2021-01-17|issn=0362-4331}} On February 13, 2021, his nomination was sent to the Senate.{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/119 |title=PN119 — Brian P. McKeon — Department of State |website=U.S. Congress |access-date=2021-02-14}} On March 11, 2021, his nomination was reported out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/business-meeting-031121|title=Business Meeting | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|website=www.foreign.senate.gov|date=11 March 2021 }} On March 18, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote.{{Cite web |date=March 18, 2021 |title=PN119 - Nomination of Brian P. McKeon for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/119 |access-date=March 19, 2021 |website=www.congress.gov}} He was sworn into office on March 19, 2021.{{Cite tweet |number=1372990823172866057 |user=SecBlinken |title=Thrilled that Brian McKeon was sworn-in today as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. Brian will serve @StateDept and the American people with integrity, dedication, and consummate professionalism. Congratulations, Brian. |access-date=March 19, 2021}} He resigned on December 31, 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/brian-p-mckeon/ |title=Brian P. McKeon |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=2023-02-01}}
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Category:People from Auburn, New York
Category:University of Notre Dame alumni
Category:Georgetown University Law Center alumni
Category:Obama administration personnel