While President-elect Donald Trump was saying that he would announce the highest profile cabinet position, Secretary of State, very soon, it may eventually rest on two important factors: Trump’s instinct and the candidate’s strong qualifications.
Being a strong backer of Trump from the early stage of the campaign, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) has recently stood out as a possible “dark horse,” now that possible candidates beyond the four front runners—Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, David H. Petraeus and John Bolton—have been considered.
As one of the senior speechwriters for President Ronald Reagan, Rohrabacher has the experience on the front lines to fight for freedom and against tyrannical governments, such as fighting for the Afghan people in the 80’s and supporting the Chinese people’s pursuit of freedom for decades.
He is also chairman of the Europe and Emerging Threats Subcommittee and a senior member of the International Relations Committee.
In his decades of political services, Rohrabacher has crossed paths with Grover Rees, III, former U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of East Timor.
Ambassador Rees has worked in a variety of capacities representing the United States and assisting members of US Congress. As the staff director and chief counsel of the subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights in 1995, Ambassador Rees worked on the drafting and enactment of the International Religious Freedom Act, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, and other legislation that has helped to bring U.S. foreign policy into closer alignment with values predicated in the US Constitution.
