Denis McDonough

Senior Fellow

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Denis McDonough is a Senior Fellow at American Progress. Prior to joining American Progress, Denis was Legislative Director for Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado. From July 2000 to December 2004, Denis was Foreign Policy Adviser to Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle. In that role, Denis worked extensively on legislation related to the war on terrorism, the response to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, Iraq and the greater Middle East.
Prior to his time working in the Senate Leadership, Denis was a Fellow with the Robert Bosch Foundation of Stuttgart, Germany from 1999 to 2000. During that yearlong fellowship, Denis worked with the Bundestag in Berlin and the German Chapter of Transparency International in Munich. From 1996 to 1999, Denis was a member of the Democratic Professional Staff of the House International Relations Committee, where he was focused on U.S. policy in Latin America. He earned a Masters Degree from Georgetown University (1996) and graduated summa cum laude from St. John's University in Collegeville, MN (1992).
As a regular commentator on television, radio, and in print, Mr. McDonough's works has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and elsewhere. He speaks Spanish and German. 

Expertise: Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy, Europe, Latin America, Energy, Religion and Public Policy, and Catholic Social Teaching

Publications:
No Mere Oversight: The Role for Congress in Effective Intelligence (CAP, May 2006)
Short Term Focus on Long Term Challenges: The Administration, Congress and Iraq, Chapter in "Iraq and America, Choices and Consequences," (Stimson Center, August 2006)
*Mr McDonough is available for interviews in Spanish & German

 

Email: dmcdonough /@\ americanprogress.org