Frederick H. Fleitz

Fred Fleitz is Vice Chair of the America First Policy Institute, a non-profit Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan think tank. In 2018, he was a Deputy Assistant to President Trump and NSC Executive Secretary. Fleitz served in U.S. national security positions for 25 years with CIA, DIA, the Department of State and the House Intelligence Committee staff. Fleitz’s op-eds have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Jerusalem Post, New York Post, National Review, Investor’s Business Daily, Washington Times, Newsmax, Fox News Opinion, Town Hall, and Breitbart. He does frequent TV and radio interviews and has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC, One America News, BBC, ITV, Sky News, Sky News Arabia, al-Hurra, CBC, CTV, CCTV, Rudaw, TRT and other programs in the United States and abroad. Fleitz holds a BA in Politics from Saint Joseph’s University and an MA in International Political Economy from Fordham University.