Scott Walker has hired Michael J. Gallagher, 31 to be his foreign-policy aide. Mike moved to Madison and began work this week.
Captain Michael Gallagher, USMC
""Fellow, Marine Corps' Junior Officer Strategic Intelligence Program Mike Gallagher is currently a fellow in the Marine Corps’ Junior Officer Strategic Intelligence Program and a student in the joint M.A. in Security Studies/Ph.D. in International Relations program at Georgetown University. Prior to this assignment, he served on General Petraeus’ CENTCOM Assessment Team and deployed twice to Al Anbar Province between 2007 and 2008 as a commander of intelligence teams.
Mike holds a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence from National Defense Intelligence College. He received his undergraduate degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, earning a certificate in Near Eastern Studies. At Georgetown, he intends to explore the role of intelligence in grand strategy design and presidential decision-making. Mike speaks Arabic and grew up in both Green Bay, WI and Costa Mesa, CA."
March 7, 2015: Jeb Bush might not win Iowa, but he'll show up " URBANDALE, Iowa — As Jeb Bush makes his first trip to Iowa as a likely candidate for president this weekend, expectations are being set low.
Very low.
"Welcome to Scott Walker's Iowa," laughed one Iowa Republican operative with close ties to Bush's organization, invoking the Wisconsin governor who is also likely to run for president.
But if Bush is not favored to win the Iowa caucuses early next year, he is signaling he does not intend to forego competing in Iowa, as some candidates have in the past.
The former Florida governor will be one of nearly one dozen Republicans to travel to Iowa for an agriculture summit Saturday. Bush will also hold a few private fundraising events, and meet with Iowans at a Pizza Ranch in Cedar Rapids.
Bush kicked off his trip Friday evening at the Living History Farm in Urbandale, headlining a fundraiser for Rep. David Young. There, Bush recounted his "fond memories of Iowa" from his father's campaigns for president."...........