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'''Robert G. (Rob) Berschinski ''' is a former U.S. Air Force officer and director for Security and Human Rights Policy at the [[United_States_National_Security_Council|White House National security Council]]. He is currently a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Berschinski Bio|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/244315.htm|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>
'''Robert G. (Rob) Berschinski ''' is currently the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Democracy and Human Rights at the [[United States National Security Council|White House National Security Council]] (NSC) in the [[Presidency of Joe Biden|Biden administration]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/press-release/senior-vp-policy-rob-berschinski-joins-biden-administration|title = Senior VP of Policy Rob Berschinski Joins Biden Administration}}</ref> He previously served as the [http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/biography/rob-berschinski Senior Vice President for Policy at Human Rights First] where he oversees the organization's work advancing a U.S. foreign policy rooted in a strong commitment to human rights, universal values, and American ideals. He is also a [http://as.nyu.edu/ir/people/faculty.robert-berschinski.html Visiting Scholar] at NYU's Program in International Relations. Previously Berschinski served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor]] (DRL) at the U.S. Department of State, and was responsible for DRL's work in Europe, Russia, and South and Central Asia. He is a former U.S. Air Force officer and director for Security and Human Rights Policy at the NSC.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Berschinski Bio|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/244315.htm|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>


[[File:Robert Berschinski 5x7.jpg|thumb|alt=Alternative text|Official portrait]]
[[File:Robert Berschinski 5x7.jpg|thumb|Official portrait]]


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Berschinski was raised in [[Peachtree City, Georgia]] and graduated from [[McIntosh High School]]. He attended [[Yale University]] on a full U.S. Air Force [[ROTC]] scholarship, graduating ''cum laude'' and earning a B.A. in political science.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sabrina Howell and Robert Berschinski|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/fashion/weddings/sabrina-howell-robert-berschinski-weddings.html?_r=1|website=The New York Times|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>
Berschinski was raised in [[Peachtree City, Georgia]] and graduated from [[McIntosh High School]]. He attended [[Yale University]] on a full U.S. Air Force [[ROTC]] scholarship, graduating ''cum laude'' and earning a B.A. in political science.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sabrina Howell and Robert Berschinski|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/fashion/weddings/sabrina-howell-robert-berschinski-weddings.html?_r=1|work=New York Times|date = 23 September 2012|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>


Following the [[terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001]], political and cultural commentator [[David Brooks (journalist)|David Brooks]] described Berschinski in the [[New York Times Magazine]] as “that rarest of creatures, an Ivy League member of the R.O.T.C., in a column describing efforts to increase post-9/11 participation in [[AmeriCorps]] and other forms of national service.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brooks|first1=David|title=The Push to Institutionalize 'Giving Back' May Transform a Generation|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/25/magazine/25IDEALAB.html|website=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>
Following the [[terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001]], political and cultural commentator [[David Brooks (journalist)|David Brooks]] described Berschinski in the [[New York Times Magazine]] as "that rarest of creatures, an Ivy League member of the R.O.T.C.," in a column describing efforts to increase post-9/11 participation in [[AmeriCorps]] and other forms of national service.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brooks|first1=David|title=The Push to Institutionalize 'Giving Back' May Transform a Generation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/25/magazine/25IDEALAB.html|work=The New York Times|date=25 November 2001|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>


After concluding his service in the Air Force as a captain, Berschinski returned to Yale and earned an M.A. in International Relations, graduating as program valedictorian.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Reinstein|first1=Gila|title=2008 Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Prizes|url=http://news.yale.edu/2008/05/28/2008-yale-graduate-school-arts-and-sciences-prizes|website=Yale News|publisher=Yale News|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>
After concluding his service in the Air Force as a captain, Berschinski returned to Yale and earned an M.A. in International Relations, graduating as program valedictorian.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Reinstein|first1=Gila|title=2008 Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Prizes|url=http://news.yale.edu/2008/05/28/2008-yale-graduate-school-arts-and-sciences-prizes|website=Yale News|date=28 May 2008|publisher=Yale News|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
[[File:OSCE meeting.jpg|thumb|left|Rob Berschinski speaks with Secretary of State John Kerry and human rights activists during the 2016 ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).]]
Berschinski served in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer from 2002 to 2006.


Berschinski served in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer from 2002 to 2006.
He graduated in 2003 from the 315th Training Squadron’s intelligence officer’s course as class distinguished graduate. His first operational assignment was with the 607th Air Intelligence Squadron at [[Osan Air Base]], [[Republic of Korea]], where he served from 2003 to 2004 as squadron executive officer. From 2004 to 2006 Berschinski was assigned to the 86th Contingency Response Group at [[Ramstein Air Base]], [[Germany]]. During this time he deployed to [[Kigali, Rwanda]], and to [[Ramad]]i, [[Iraq]], the latter as a member of the [[Joint Special Operations Command]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Berschinski Bio|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/244315.htm|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>


He graduated in 2003 from the 315th Training Squadron's intelligence officer's course as class distinguished graduate. His first operational assignment was with the 607th Air Intelligence Squadron at [[Osan Air Base]], [[Republic of Korea]], where he served from 2003 to 2004 as squadron executive officer. From 2004 to 2006 Berschinski was assigned to the 86th Contingency Response Group at [[Ramstein Air Base]], [[Germany]]. During this time he deployed to [[Kigali, Rwanda]], and to [[Ramadi]], [[Iraq]], the latter as a member of the [[Joint Special Operations Command]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Berschinski Bio|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/244315.htm|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>
Speaking in 2007 about his wartime experience to the [[Yale Journal of International Affairs]], Berschinski noted that he served in Ramadi with an Army special operations unit that conducted raids on members of [[Al Qaeda in Iraq]] (the precursor organization to the self-described [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]), and felt that U.S. involvement in the country had little chance of resulting in a stable nation represented by a legitimate government.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Iraq Student Veterans' Roundtable|journal=Yale Journal of International Affairs|date=Spring 2007|pages=134 - 142|url=http://yalejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/072211berschinski-etal.pdf|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>


Speaking in 2007 about his wartime experience to the [[Yale Journal of International Affairs]], Berschinski noted that he served in Ramadi with an Army special operations unit that conducted raids on members of [[Al Qaeda in Iraq]] (the precursor organization to the self-described [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]), and felt that U.S. involvement in the country had little chance of resulting in a stable nation represented by a legitimate government.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Iraq Student Veterans' Roundtable|journal=Yale Journal of International Affairs|date=Spring 2007|pages=134–142|url=http://yalejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/072211berschinski-etal.pdf|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>
In 2008, Berschinski joined the Office of the [[Under Secretary of Defense for Policy]] as a [[Presidential_Management_Fellows_Program|Presidential Management Fellow]]. In 2009, he served as defense fellow on the staff of the [[United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense]], helping to author the Department of Defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010|url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2009/12/16/senate-section/article/s13295-1|website=Congressional Record|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>


In 2008, Berschinski joined the Office of the [[Under Secretary of Defense for Policy]] as a [[Presidential Management Fellows Program|Presidential Management Fellow]]. In 2009, he served as defense fellow on the staff of the [[United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense]], helping to author the Department of Defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010|url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2009/12/16/senate-section/article/s13295-1|website=Congressional Record|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>
From 2010 to 2013 Berschinski served as the [[United States National Security Council|White House National Security Council’s]] Director for Security and Human Rights Policy, working directly under then-Special Assistant to the President [[Samantha Power]]. In this role he coordinated U.S. government actions on international humanitarian law issues and conventional weapons treaties, as well as international efforts to end trafficking in persons, eliminate the use of child soldiers, and improve women’s participation in matters related to peace and security. He is considered a key architect of Executive Order 13595 on Instituting a [[U.S._National_Action_Plan_on_Women,_Peace,_and_Security| National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security]]; and Executive Order 13627 on Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts.<ref>{{cite news|last1=The Partnership for Public Service|title=A government advocate for human rights|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-government-advocate-for-human-rights/2013/01/28/c6699588-695a-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html|accessdate=12 September 2016|publisher=The Washington Post|date=January 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=White House Press Secretary|title=Executive Order -- Instituting a National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/19/executive-order-instituting-national-action-plan-women-peace-and-securit|website=Whitehouse.gov|publisher=White House Press Secretary|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=White House Press Secretary|title=Executive Order - Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/25/executive-order-strengthening-protections-against-trafficking-persons-fe|website=Whitehouse.gov|publisher=White House Press Secretary|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>


From 2010 to 2013 Berschinski served as the [[United States National Security Council|White House National Security Council's]] Director for Security and Human Rights Policy, working directly under then-Special Assistant to the President [[Samantha Power]]. In this role he coordinated U.S. government actions on international humanitarian law issues and conventional weapons treaties, as well as international efforts to end trafficking in persons, eliminate the use of child soldiers, and improve women's participation in matters related to peace and security. He is considered a key architect of Executive Order 13595 on Instituting a [[U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security|National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security]]; and Executive Order 13627 on Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts.<ref>{{cite news|last1=The Partnership for Public Service|title=A government advocate for human rights|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-government-advocate-for-human-rights/2013/01/28/c6699588-695a-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html|access-date=12 September 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=White House Press Secretary|title=Executive Order -- Instituting a National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/19/executive-order-instituting-national-action-plan-women-peace-and-securit|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|date=19 December 2011|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=White House Press Secretary|title=Executive Order - Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/25/executive-order-strengthening-protections-against-trafficking-persons-fe|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|date=25 September 2012|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>
From 2013 to 2014 Berschinski served as a Special Assistant to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense [[Ash Carter]], for which he was awarded the [[Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award]], the second highest career award presented by the Department of Defense. Berschinski returned to working for Power in 2014 in her capacity as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, serving as Deputy Director of the [[United_States_Mission_to_the_United_Nations| U.S. Mission to the United Nations’]] Washington, D.C. office.


From 2013 to 2014 Berschinski served as a Special Assistant to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense [[Ash Carter]], for which he was awarded the [[Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award]], the second highest career award presented by the Department of Defense. Berschinski returned to working for Power in 2014 in her capacity as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, serving as deputy director of the [[United States Mission to the United Nations|U.S. Mission to the United Nations’]] Washington, D.C. office.
On June 1, 2016 Berschinski was appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor]], serving under Assistant Secretary [[Tom Malinowski]]. He is responsible for the U.S. government’s human rights and democracy promotion efforts in Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Combatting the Closure of Space for Civil Society in Eurasia|url=http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/rm/2016/256526.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Role of Youth, Women, Religious Groups, and Civil Society in Preventing Violent Extremism|url=http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/rm/2015/244509.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Civil and Political Rights in Uzbekistan and Central Asia|url=http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/rm/2015/244384.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>

On June 1, 2016, Berschinski was appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor]], serving under Assistant Secretary [[Tom Malinowski]]. He is responsible for the U.S. government's human rights and democracy promotion efforts in Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Combatting the Closure of Space for Civil Society in Eurasia|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/rm/2016/256526.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Role of Youth, Women, Religious Groups, and Civil Society in Preventing Violent Extremism|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/rm/2015/244509.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Civil and Political Rights in Uzbekistan and Central Asia|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/rm/2015/244384.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>


Berschinski is the author of the 2007 [[U.S. Army War College]] monograph ''AFRICOM's Dilemma: The "Global War on Terrorism," "Capacity Building," Humanitarianism, and the Future of U.S. Security Policy in Africa''. He is a term member at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and a fellow at the [[Truman National Security Project]].
Berschinski is the author of the 2007 [[U.S. Army War College]] monograph ''AFRICOM's Dilemma: The "Global War on Terrorism," "Capacity Building," Humanitarianism, and the Future of U.S. Security Policy in Africa''. He is a term member at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and a fellow at the [[Truman National Security Project]].


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Berschinski is the brother of Dan Berschinski, a former U.S. Army infantry officer who lost both his legs in an IED attack while serving as a rifle platoon leader in the [[Arghandab District]] outside of [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]] on August 18th, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ray|first1=Elaine|title=Man on a mission: Working to help veterans who have lost limbs|url=http://news.stanford.edu/thedish/2014/07/14/33491/|website=Stanford News|publisher=Stanford University|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref> He is married to Dr. Sabrina Howell, an Assistant Professor of Finance at [[New_York_University_Stern_School_of_Business|New York University’s Stern School of Business]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sabrina Howell and Robert Berschinski|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/fashion/weddings/sabrina-howell-robert-berschinski-weddings.html?_r=1|accessdate=12 September 2016|publisher=The New York Times|date=23 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Faculty Bio|url=http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sabrina-howell|website=NYU Stern|publisher=NYU|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>
Berschinski is the brother of Dan Berschinski, a former U.S. Army infantry officer who lost both his legs in an IED attack while serving as a rifle platoon leader in the [[Arghandab District]] outside of [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]] on August 18, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ray|first1=Elaine|title=Man on a mission: Working to help veterans who have lost limbs|url=http://news.stanford.edu/thedish/2014/07/14/33491/|website=Stanford News|publisher=Stanford University|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref> He is married to Dr. Sabrina Howell, an Assistant Professor of Finance at [[New York University Stern School of Business|New York University's Stern School of Business]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sabrina Howell and Robert Berschinski|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/fashion/weddings/sabrina-howell-robert-berschinski-weddings.html?_r=1|access-date=12 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=23 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Faculty Bio|url=http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sabrina-howell|website=NYU Stern|publisher=NYU|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>


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Robert G. (Rob) Berschinski is currently the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Democracy and Human Rights at the White House National Security Council (NSC) in the Biden administration.[1] He previously served as the Senior Vice President for Policy at Human Rights First where he oversees the organization's work advancing a U.S. foreign policy rooted in a strong commitment to human rights, universal values, and American ideals. He is also a Visiting Scholar at NYU's Program in International Relations. Previously Berschinski served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) at the U.S. Department of State, and was responsible for DRL's work in Europe, Russia, and South and Central Asia. He is a former U.S. Air Force officer and director for Security and Human Rights Policy at the NSC.[2]

Official portrait

Early life and education

Berschinski was raised in Peachtree City, Georgia and graduated from McIntosh High School. He attended Yale University on a full U.S. Air Force ROTC scholarship, graduating cum laude and earning a B.A. in political science.[3]

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, political and cultural commentator David Brooks described Berschinski in the New York Times Magazine as "that rarest of creatures, an Ivy League member of the R.O.T.C.," in a column describing efforts to increase post-9/11 participation in AmeriCorps and other forms of national service.[4]

After concluding his service in the Air Force as a captain, Berschinski returned to Yale and earned an M.A. in International Relations, graduating as program valedictorian.[5]

Career

Rob Berschinski speaks with Secretary of State John Kerry and human rights activists during the 2016 ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Berschinski served in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer from 2002 to 2006.

He graduated in 2003 from the 315th Training Squadron's intelligence officer's course as class distinguished graduate. His first operational assignment was with the 607th Air Intelligence Squadron at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, where he served from 2003 to 2004 as squadron executive officer. From 2004 to 2006 Berschinski was assigned to the 86th Contingency Response Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. During this time he deployed to Kigali, Rwanda, and to Ramadi, Iraq, the latter as a member of the Joint Special Operations Command.[6]

Speaking in 2007 about his wartime experience to the Yale Journal of International Affairs, Berschinski noted that he served in Ramadi with an Army special operations unit that conducted raids on members of Al Qaeda in Iraq (the precursor organization to the self-described Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), and felt that U.S. involvement in the country had little chance of resulting in a stable nation represented by a legitimate government.[7]

In 2008, Berschinski joined the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy as a Presidential Management Fellow. In 2009, he served as defense fellow on the staff of the United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, helping to author the Department of Defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010.[8]

From 2010 to 2013 Berschinski served as the White House National Security Council's Director for Security and Human Rights Policy, working directly under then-Special Assistant to the President Samantha Power. In this role he coordinated U.S. government actions on international humanitarian law issues and conventional weapons treaties, as well as international efforts to end trafficking in persons, eliminate the use of child soldiers, and improve women's participation in matters related to peace and security. He is considered a key architect of Executive Order 13595 on Instituting a National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security; and Executive Order 13627 on Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts.[9][10][11]

From 2013 to 2014 Berschinski served as a Special Assistant to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, for which he was awarded the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the second highest career award presented by the Department of Defense. Berschinski returned to working for Power in 2014 in her capacity as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, serving as deputy director of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations’ Washington, D.C. office.

On June 1, 2016, Berschinski was appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, serving under Assistant Secretary Tom Malinowski. He is responsible for the U.S. government's human rights and democracy promotion efforts in Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia.[12][13][14]

Berschinski is the author of the 2007 U.S. Army War College monograph AFRICOM's Dilemma: The "Global War on Terrorism," "Capacity Building," Humanitarianism, and the Future of U.S. Security Policy in Africa. He is a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations and a fellow at the Truman National Security Project.

Personal life

Berschinski is the brother of Dan Berschinski, a former U.S. Army infantry officer who lost both his legs in an IED attack while serving as a rifle platoon leader in the Arghandab District outside of Kandahar, Afghanistan on August 18, 2009.[15] He is married to Dr. Sabrina Howell, an Assistant Professor of Finance at New York University's Stern School of Business.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ "Senior VP of Policy Rob Berschinski Joins Biden Administration".
  2. ^ "Robert Berschinski Bio". Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Sabrina Howell and Robert Berschinski". New York Times. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. ^ Brooks, David (25 November 2001). "The Push to Institutionalize 'Giving Back' May Transform a Generation". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  5. ^ Reinstein, Gila (28 May 2008). "2008 Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Prizes". Yale News. Yale News. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Robert Berschinski Bio". Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Iraq Student Veterans' Roundtable" (PDF). Yale Journal of International Affairs: 134–142. Spring 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  8. ^ "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010". Congressional Record. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  9. ^ The Partnership for Public Service (January 1, 2013). "A government advocate for human rights". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  10. ^ White House Press Secretary (19 December 2011). "Executive Order -- Instituting a National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 12 September 2016 – via National Archives.
  11. ^ White House Press Secretary (25 September 2012). "Executive Order - Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 12 September 2016 – via National Archives.
  12. ^ "Combatting the Closure of Space for Civil Society in Eurasia". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  13. ^ "The Role of Youth, Women, Religious Groups, and Civil Society in Preventing Violent Extremism". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Civil and Political Rights in Uzbekistan and Central Asia". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  15. ^ Ray, Elaine. "Man on a mission: Working to help veterans who have lost limbs". Stanford News. Stanford University. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Sabrina Howell and Robert Berschinski". The New York Times. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Faculty Bio". NYU Stern. NYU. Retrieved 12 September 2016.