On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, the Robert Strauss Center, Intelligence Studies Project, and Clements Center for National Security welcomed John Brennan, Distinguished Non-Resident Scholar, Senior Advisor to the Intelligence Studies Project, and Former Director of the CIA, to the Blanton Auditorium for a talk on “The Ethos of Public Service.”
Photos of the event can be accessed here. A video of the event is available here.
Before heading the CIA, Brennan served as the chief counterterrorism advisor to President Barack Obama in his role as Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Assistant to the President. Brennan’s public service career began in 1980 when he joined CIA’s Directorate of Intelligence after earning a Master’s Degree in Government with a concentration in Middle Eastern Studies from UT Austin.