Episode Transcript: #1645 - Christopher Mellon
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Alright, well thanks for being here man, appreciate it.
Pleasure, absolutely pleasure.
Tell everybody who you are and what your background is.
Okay, my name is Chris Mellon and I spent about 20 years working for Uncle Sam.
I worked in the Senate for the Intelligence Committee
and for Senator Cohen, also did some Armed Services Committee work.
When he was asked to become Secretary of Defense,
he asked me if I would like to go with him to the Pentagon,
be part of his team and I was honored and gladly accepted.
So, then served for four years in the Defense Department with Senator Cohen,
Secretary Cohen at that point,
in various positions, all intelligence related and security related.
And then I was asked to stay on after Clinton departed.
And so I worked for a Senate for Secretary Grumsfeld.
Pull it a little bit closer.
And then went back to the Senate Intelligence Committee as the Minority Staff Director
shortly before the Second Iraq War.