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I first argued that GOP Presidential debates should focus more on foreign policy and national security back in August 2011. I still believe more time should be spent to these topics--especially as our national defense faces the threat of across-the-board sequestration. Read my argument in "The Daily Caller" here: http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/13/presidential-debates-should-focus-more...

7 weeks ago

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Congress does not enjoy discussing nuclear weapons. Who would? Yet they remain a fact of U.S. national security. Therefore, Congress must ensure that they are properly resourced, governed, and overseen. It's time to revisit reform of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). I discuss options for reform in a paper published by CSIS's Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI). You can read it here (starts on pg. 17): http://csis.org/files/publication/111123_Jansson_NuclearScholar_web.pdf

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Congress is considering painful budget cuts. Instead of sniping at one another, why don't soft power buffs and national security conservatives work together? Hawks and Doves Unite! You have only your budgets to lose! Read my argument in POLITICO: http://politi.co/iy8D6g

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Michael Clauser is an Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves where he supports U.S. Africa Command. In 2011 he was identified by the Center for a New American Security as a "Next Generation National Security Leader" and was selected to participate in the "Nuclear Scholars Initiative" at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Michael Clauser gained experience serving as the National Security Legislative Assistant to a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the 111th Congress. Working closely with the Congressman in various capacities, Michael Clauser provided vote recommendations and prepared legislation. He developed amendments to the annual National Defense Authorization Act. Michael Clauser dealt primarily with homeland security, foreign affairs, and matters relating to the military and NASA.

Michael Clauser previously served as Special Assistant in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs from 2007 to 2008 and Special Assistant in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy from 2008 to 2009.

Michael Clauser is a proud Nittany Lion, having graduated from Penn State in 2004 with dual Bachelors degrees in Philosophy and Religious Studies. As an undergraduate, Michael Clauser was a founding father of the Alpha Chi Rho service fraternity, served as an appropriator in student government, and studied abroad in Athens, Greece, where Michael Clauser earned dual minors in Classics and International Studies. Continuing his education abroad, Michael Clauser earned dual Master's degrees in European Studies and International Relations through an ERASMUS exchange program between the University of Exeter's Centre for European Studies in England and the Poznan University of Economics in Poland.

Michael Clauser is currently enrolled in the U.S. Naval War College's fleet seminar program. He has been published in Small Wars Journal, Political Studies Review, the Daily Caller, POLITICO, the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, and a CSIS Nuclear Scholars journal.

Michael Clauser currently lives in Washington, D.C.