Robert Leslie Conly (January 11, 1918 – March 5, 1973) (better known by his pen name, Robert C. O'Brien) was an American author and journalist for National Geographic Magazine.
Early life
Conly was born in Brooklyn, New York, the third of five children in a wealthy Irish Catholic family. With interests in music and literature, Conly entered Williams College in 1935 but left in his second year. He then went through a period that he referred to as his "breakdown", briefly working in Albany, New York before going back to his family in disgrace. Although he later studied for a time at Juilliard, he went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Rochester in 1940.
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After graduating from university, Conly had a brief stint in an advertising agency then began working for Newsweek. He was protected from conscription during World War II by being listed as 4-F due to physical and mental ailments. He then covered national and city news for the Washington Times-Herald beginning in 1944 and later the Pathfinder, a news magazine. In 1951, he began working as an editor and writer for National Geographic, a job which was to take him around the world.
O'Brien was nominated by President George W. Bush on November 10, 2005 and confirmed by the US Senate as the US Alternate Representative to the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which met in New York 2005-2006. In addition to his other duties as a US delegate, he addressed the General Assembly on the question of Palestine and represented the United States in the General Assembly's Sixth Committee, which considered the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.
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The View from the West Wing: A Conversation with Robert O’Brien
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President Donald Trump named Robert O'Brien as his national security advisor on Wednesday, eight days after the abrupt departure of John Bolton. O'Brien, a State Department official, will become Trump's fourth national security advisor, following the departures of Bolton and three-star Army generals Michael Flynn and H.R. McMaster.
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The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security hosts Ambassador Robert O’Brien, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for a conversation about both national security and the process for managing the National Security Council in our turbulent times.
Since its inception in 1947, under President Harry S. Truman, the role of the National Security Council (NSC) has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policy matters. 73 years later, the range and complexity of national security threats which the NSC tackles is unprecedented.
What do policy advisors and national security officials in NSC think are the key issues affecting the United States in the next decade? Is the institution ready to tackle the security challenges ahead, and how does innovation in its organizational model allow it to better serve citizens?
For more information on the event visit https://atlanticcouncil.org/event/the-view-from-the-west-wing-a-conversation-with-robert-obrien-assistant-to-the-president-for-national-security-affairs/
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Since its inception in 1947, under President Harry S. Truman, the role of the National Security Council (NSC) has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policy matters. 73 years later, the range and complexity of national security threats which the NSC tackles is unprecedented.
What do policy advisors and national security officials in NSC think are the key issues affecting the United States in the next decade? Is the institution ready to tackle the security challenges ahead, and how does innovation in its organizational model allow it to better serve citizens?
For more information on the event visit https://atlanticcouncil.org/event/the-view-from-the-west-wing-a-conversation-with-robert-obrien-assistant-to-the-president-for-national-security-affairs/
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The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security hosts Ambassador Robert O’Brien, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for a conversation about both national security and the process for managing the National Security Council in our turbulent times.
Since its inception in 1947, under President Harry S. Truman, the role of the National Security Council (NSC) has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policy matters. 73 years later, the range and complexity of national security threats which the NSC tackles is unprecedented.
What do policy advisors and national security officials in NSC think are the key issues affecting the United States in the next decade? Is the institution ready to tackle the security challenges ahead, and how does innovation in its organizational model allow it to better serve citizens?
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Robert Leslie Conly (January 11, 1918 – March 5, 1973) (better known by his pen name, Robert C. O'Brien) was an American author and journalist for National Geographic Magazine.
Early life
Conly was born in Brooklyn, New York, the third of five children in a wealthy Irish Catholic family. With interests in music and literature, Conly entered Williams College in 1935 but left in his second year. He then went through a period that he referred to as his "breakdown", briefly working in Albany, New York before going back to his family in disgrace. Although he later studied for a time at Juilliard, he went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Rochester in 1940.
Writings
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After graduating from university, Conly had a brief stint in an advertising agency then began working for Newsweek. He was protected from conscription during World War II by being listed as 4-F due to physical and mental ailments. He then covered national and city news for the Washington Times-Herald beginning in 1944 and later the Pathfinder, a news magazine. In 1951, he began working as an editor and writer for National Geographic, a job which was to take him around the world.