Mr. Gordon is a Senior Fellow at the Center. He is the former Defense Department spokesman for the Western Hemisphere in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, serving under both Secretary Rumsfeld and Secretary Gates from 2005 to 2009. While at the Pentagon, he served in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) as the Press Team Leader for Operations, Policy & Intelligence and was responsible for Western Hemisphere Affairs and U.S. Southern Command; Asia-Pacific Security Affairs and U.S. Pacific Command; and Detainee Affairs.