1. Brian H Hook was born on 1968 and is an American diplomat, lawyer and government official.
24 Facts About Brian Hook
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Brian Hook is an adjunct professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy.
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Brian Hook served as US Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from September 2018 to August 2020.
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Brian Hook was the Director of Policy Planning under Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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Brian Hook serves on the advisory board of Beacon Global Strategies.
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Brian Hook worked on the 2012 Romney campaign staff as senior advisor on foreign policy.
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Brian Hook chaired the foreign policy and national security task forces of the Romney Readiness Project.
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Brian Hook was the foreign policy director of Governor Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign from 2010 to 2011.
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In early 2017, Brian Hook was appointed director of the Office of Policy Planning in the State Department by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the Secretary's chief foreign policy adviser.
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Brian Hook briefed Tillerson on and promoted the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy, an approach by Japan and the US to expand their Asia strategies to include India and the Persian Gulf, within the Trump administration.
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Brian Hook spent months traveling between the US and Europe in an effort to negotiate an enhanced Iran nuclear agreement with European leaders.
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Brian Hook negotiated the release of two Iranian hostages, Xiyue Wang and Michael White.
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Brian Hook traveled to North Korea in May 2018 with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for a meeting with Kim Jong Un and to free three American hostages.
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In September 2019, Brian Hook was named as a candidate to replace John Bolton as the National Security Advisor.
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In November 2019, Brian Hook was the subject of controversy when an internal State Department report claimed he mishandled an employment issue with department official Sahar Nowrouzzadeh.
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Brian Hook accompanied the US Middle East envoy to focus on the economic and political components of the plan.
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Brian Hook was succeeded in the position of Special Representative by Elliott Abrams.
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Brian Hook continued to work with Jared Kushner and the White House on the Middle East peace agreements known as the Abraham Accords.
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Brian Hook has worked for Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and US Congressman Jim Leach.
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Brian Hook was appointed by President Trump to the board of trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Brian Hook serves on the board of trustees for Saint John's Seminary in Boston and the board of directors for the National Civic Art Society in Washington, DC.
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On January 20,2025, Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Brian Hook was fired from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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Brian Hook planned the Ministerial to Promote Peace and Security in the Middle East, a conference held in Warsaw, Poland, in February 2019.
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Brian Hook coordinated secret talks between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to coordinate military and intelligence sharing against Iranian threats.