From North Jersey to the West Wing ; 'Wanderlust' Drives Obama Security Aide
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › January 08, 2010
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The journey that took John O. Brennan from 74th Street in North Bergen to a West Wing office where President Obama relies on him to coordinate fights against al-Qaida and swine flu started on the bus he rode to Fordham University.
"There was an ad in The New York Times and it said the CIA was looking for a few good people," Brennan, 55, said in a recent interview.See the full content of this document
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From North Jersey to the West Wing ; 'Wanderlust' Drives Obama Security Aide
The Jesuits at Fordham and the Christian Brothers at the former St. Joseph's High School in West New York had instilled a duty of public service in Brennan, and travels overseas during his college years to Asia and the Middle East "got the wanderlust in me," so he talked to a CIA recruiter.
The ad ultimately led to a 25-year career as a spy overseas and an analyst and executi...See the full content of this document
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