Benjamin J. Rhodes is an American writer, a political commentator, and a former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under President Barack Obama.
Rhodes in June 2014
President Barack Obama and Rhodes on board Air Force One, editing the speech for the Mandela memorial service
Hillary Clinton talks with the Obamas and Rhodes on board Air Force One.
Ben Rhodes (middle) and Aung San Suu Kyi discussing U.S. support for the NLD-led government in Myanmar, July 2016
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Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan is an American attorney who served as the U.S. national security advisor from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden.
Ben Rhodes (White House staffer)
…political commentator, and a former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under President Barack Obama. With Jake Sullivan, Rhodes is the co-chair of National Security Action, a political NGO. He contributes regularly as a political commentator to NBC News and MS NOW. He…
Sullivan, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in November 2012
Sullivan, Clinton and Sergey Lavrov in November 2012
Sullivan with President Obama discussing the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings
Sullivan with Israel's National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat and Israel's ambassador Gilad Erdan in April 2021