Richard Grenall Highlights —
#1. Graduated Harvard Kennedy School
#2. Appointed as permanent representative to UN from 2001-2008 by President George W. Bush.
#3. Acted as national security spokesperson for Mitt Romney 2012
#4. The first openly gay Republican presidential spokesperson for Mitt Romney 2012
#5. Lives with his partner/wife Matthew Lashey
#6. Grenell was signatory to Amicus Curiae submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of Same Sex Marriage.
#7. Founded and led Capital Media Partners consultancy from 2009-2017, with offices in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington DC. Has written and contrubuted to CBS News, CNN, Politico, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times.
#8. Nominated *first gay U.S. Ambassador to Germany from the United States, by President Donald Trump, September 2017.
#9. Announced February 19, 2019, Grenell was leading new effort for the decriminalization of homosexuality in nation’s where homosexuality is illegal. U.S. Ambassador to Germany Grenell, and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Kraft, call out 69 nation’s for not legalizing homosexuality and same sex marriage.
#10. Announced by President Donald Trump, (February 19, 2020) as new Director of National Intelligence (DNI), in charge of all U.S. intelligence agencies.
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