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Denis McDonough (Denis Richard McDonough) was born on 2 December, 1969 in Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S., is an American government official (born 1969). Discover Denis McDonough's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

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Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 2 December 1969
Birthday 2 December
Birthplace Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1969

Denis Richard McDonough (born December 2, 1969) is an American government official serving under President Joe Biden since 2021 as the eleventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

McDonough was born on December 2, 1969, in Stillwater, Minnesota.

He was one of 11 children in a devout Irish Catholic family, his grandparents having emigrated from Connemara in the Gaeltacht.

1988

McDonough graduated from Stillwater Area High School in 1988, then attended Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota He played safety on the Johnnies football team for Hall of Fame coach John Gagliardi and was a member of teams that won two conference titles in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

1992

McDonough graduated from Saint John's University with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in history and Spanish in 1992.

After graduation, he traveled extensively throughout Latin America and taught high school in Belize.

1996

In 1996, McDonough earned an MSFS degree at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

From 1996 to 1999, McDonough worked as an aide for the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, where he focused on Latin America.

He then served as a senior foreign policy advisor to Senator Tom Daschle.

2004

After Daschle's reelection defeat in 2004, McDonough became legislative director for newly elected Senator Ken Salazar.

McDonough was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress in 2004.

2007

In 2007, Senator Barack Obama's chief foreign policy advisor Mark Lippert, a Navy reservist, was called into active duty.

Lippert recruited McDonough to serve as his replacement during his deployment to Iraq.

2008

McDonough continued to serve as a senior foreign policy advisor to Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign.

After Obama was elected president, McDonough joined the administration as the National Security Council's head of strategic communication.

He also served as National Security Council chief of staff.

2009

McDonough served in the Obama administration as chief of staff at the National Security Council from 2009 to 2010 and as Deputy National Security Advisor from 2010 to 2013.

2010

On October 20, 2010, Obama announced that McDonough would replace Thomas E. Donilon as Deputy National Security Advisor, who had been promoted to succeed General James L. Jones as National Security Advisor.

2011

McDonough was seen in photos of the White House Situation Room taken during the monitoring of the May 2011 SEAL operation in Pakistan that resulted in the Osama bin Laden's death.

2013

He then served as White House Chief of Staff for the full second term of President Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017.

To date, McDonough is the only person to have served precisely one full term (4 years and 0 days) as chief of staff.

On January 20, 2013, at the beginning of his second term in office, Obama appointed McDonough his chief of staff.

In February 2013 McDonough urged lawmakers to quickly confirm Chuck Hagel and John O. Brennan to their posts in Obama's national security team, expressing "grave concern" about the delays.

2017

McDonough served as White House chief of staff through the end of Obama's second term, which ended on January 20, 2017.

In 2017, McDonough joined the Markle Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to "transform America's outdated labor market to reflect the needs of the digital economy," boost employment opportunities, and expand job training for Americans.

As a senior principal, he worked to grow the organization nationwide and broaden its work with governments such as the state of Colorado, public institutions such as Arizona State University, and private companies such as LinkedIn.

McDonough is a professor of the practice at Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs and a visiting senior fellow in Carnegie's Technology and International Affairs Program.

President Joe Biden nominated McDonough to lead the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

He appeared before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on January 27, 2021.

On February 8, the Senate confirmed McDonough as VA Secretary by a 87–7 vote, with six senators absent.

McDonough is the second non-veteran to hold this position.

Vice President Kamala Harris swore him in on February 9.

McDonough is married to Karin Hillstrom.

They have three children.