Christine Abizaid

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Christine Abizaid
Christine Abizaid NCTC.jpg
Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
Assumed office
June 29, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byChristopher C. Miller
Personal details
Born
Christine Sandra Abizaid
RelationsJohn Abizaid (father)
EducationUniversity of California, San Diego (BA)
Stanford University (MA)

Christine Sandra Abizaid is an American intelligence officer who is the director of the National Counterterrorism Center in the Biden administration.

Education

Abizaid earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of California, San Diego and a Master of Arts in international policy studies from Stanford University.

Career

Abizaid has worked as a counterterrorism intelligence official in the Defense Intelligence Agency and on the United States National Security Council. During the Obama administration, she served as a senior policy advisor and assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism.[1] In 2014, she became the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia. She later managed the Defense Innovation Unit in Austin, Texas before joining Dell in 2017.[2][3]

In 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Abizaid to serve as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center.[4] The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held open hearings on the nomination on June 9, 2021.[5] The full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote on June 24, 2021.[6]

Personal life

Abizaid, a Lebanese American is the daughter of John Abizaid, a retired United States Army general who served as Commander of the U.S. Central Command during the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, and diplomat, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia under President Donald Trump.[7]

Abizaid disclosed on her 2021 questionnaire to the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that she is married to a woman.[8] In May 2022, Abizaid spoke with Michael Morell for the CBS News podcast Intelligence Matters, acknowledging that she is openly gay.[9] In June 2022, she spoke to an audience at a Defense Intelligence Agency Pride Month event, speaking about having once been closeted at the agency. She commented that, “I could have been more brave and place more trust in people,” and that “frankly, it’s just easier,” being open.[10]

External Links

Biography at DNI.gov

From nomination hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

References

  1. ^ "DNI Haines Statement on the President's Intent to Nominate Christine Abizaid as NCTC Director". www.dni.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  2. ^ "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate 11 Key Administration Leaders on National Security and Law Enforcement". The White House. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  3. ^ "Christine S. Abizaid". www.defense.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  4. ^ "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate 11 Key Administration Leaders on National Security and Law Enforcement". The White House. 2021-04-12. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  5. ^ "Open Hearing: Nomination of Christine Abizaid to be Director of National Counterterrorism Center of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the Nomination of Robin Ashton to be Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)". Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  6. ^ "PN368 - Nomination of Christine Abizaid for Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  7. ^ Barnes, Julian E. (2021-04-12). "Biden chooses a former Pentagon official to run the National Counterterrorism Center". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  8. ^ Abizaid, Christine (2021-05-04). "Response to Questionnaire for Completion by Presidential Nominees" (PDF). intelligence.senate.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  9. ^ "Counterterrorism Chief Christy Abizaid on top terror threats - "Intelligence Matters"". www.cbsnews.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  10. ^ "NCTC Director Christy Abizaid talks about bringing authentic self to workplace". www.odni.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2022-06-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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