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Douglas Lute

Doug is a Practice Chair with BGR’s International and Defense Practices and works with the Advisory Services team.

Location
Washington, D.C.
Position
Practice Chair
EXPERTISE
Diplomacy, Military Engagement, International Affairs
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Executive Branch, U.S. Military, NATO Ambassador
Phone
(202) 661-6374
Email
DLute@bgrdc.com
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Ambassador Douglas Lute (Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Retired) is Chair of BGR’s International and Trade and Defense and Critical Technologies Practices and works with the Advisory Services team. Over his long, distinguished career in the U.S. military and as a senior White House advisor and diplomat, Ambassador Lute has built extensive relationships with national security, diplomatic and military leaders in America and around the world.

Ambassador Lute’s familiarity with American foreign policy and today’s policymakers gives him unique insight into Washington’s approach to international security and America’s relationships with its allies and partners.

He served six years in the White House during two administrations, first under President George W. Bush as Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan from 2007 to 2009. He was the senior-most White House official retained by President Obama, serving first as Coordinator for South Asia and then during the second Obama-Biden term as U.S. Ambassador to NATO.

Ambassador Lute graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and is a decorated military officer of 35 years. He was Director of Operations on the Joint Staff overseeing U.S. military operations worldwide. He also was Director of Operations at U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, had several tours as a NATO commander, and served in combat during Operation Desert Storm.

Ambassador Lute earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University in 1983 and then taught in the U.S. Military Academy’s Department of Social Sciences. He is a member of the board of the Atlantic Council, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a charter member of the Senior Military Advisory Group of the United States Institute of Peace, and a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.

 
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Areas of Focus

  • diplomacy
  • military engagement
  • international affairs

Education

  • U.S. Military Academy

    BS

  • Harvard University

    MPA

  • Affiliations

    Board member, Atlantic Council; Senior Military Advisory Group member, US Institute of Peace; Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Member, American Academy of Diplomacy