More than 70 GOP national security officials who endorsed Joe

We are profoundly concerned about our nation’s security and standing in the world under the leadership of Donald Trump. The President has demonstrated that he is dangerously unfit to serve another term.

A statement by over 70 Republican national security officials on August 20, 2020, and 60 additional senior officials who have signed on since, including many who served in the Trump Administration condemned Donald Trump’s foreign policy. They supported Joe Biden.

For the following reasons, we have concluded that Donald Trump has failed our country and that Vice President Joe Biden should be elected the next President of the United States.

They then listed their reasons as damaging the US image, he can’t lead during a national crisis, has solicited foreign influence and undermined confidence in our presidential elections, has aligned himself with dictators and failed to stand up for American values, has disparaged our armed forces, intelligence agencies, and diplomat, has undermined our rule of law, dishonored the office of the presidency, divided our nation and preached a dark and pessimistic view of America, attacked and vilified immigrants to our country, and imperiled America’s security by mismanaging his national security team.

In other words, the Never Trumpers listed everything Joe Biden and the Democrats are guilty of doing.

They concluded, “To that end, we are firmly convinced that it is in the best interest of our nation that Vice President Joe Biden be elected as the next President of the United States, and we will vote for him.”

Signatories

• Adm. Steve Abbot
  Fmr Dep Homeland Security Advisor
• Kenneth Adelman
  Fmr Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• Amb. Peter Allgeier
  Fmr Deputy US Trade Representative
• Mary Catherine Andrews
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Richard Armitage
  Fmr Deputy Secretary of State
• Christopher Barton
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• Nancy Bearg
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• John Bellinger
  Fmr Legal Adviser, Dept of State
• Adm. Kenneth Bernard
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Mark Bitterman
  Fmr Special Asst to the Secretary of Defense
• Amb. Robert Blackwill
  Fmr Deputy National Security Advisor
• Christian Bonat
  Fmr Dep General Counsel, Defense Dept
• Amb. Richard Boucher
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Amb. Charles Bowers
  Fmr US Ambassador
• Bertram Braun
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• Amb. Peter Bridges
  Fmr US Ambassador
• Douglas Brook
  Fmr Asst Secretary of the Army
• Linton Brooks
  Fmr Under Secretary of Energy
• Greg Brower
  Fmr Asst Director of the FBI
• Kara Bue
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Amb. Richard Burt
  Fmr US Ambassador to Germany
• Sally Canfield
  Fmr Dep Chief of Staff, Dept of Homeland Security
• Victor Cha
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• Amb. Jack Chow
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Thomas Christensen
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Eliot Cohen
  Fmr Counselor of the Dept of State
• Joseph Collins
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of Defense
• Heather Conley
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Bret Coulson
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• Chester Crocker
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Patrick Cronin
  Fmr Asst Administrator, USAID
• Amb. Sada Cumber
  Fmr US Special Envoy to the OIC​
• Mike Donley
  Fmr Secretary of the Air Force
• Raymond DuBois
  Fmr Acting Under Secretary of the Army
• Lewis Dunn
  Fmr Asst Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• Amb. Eric Edelman
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• Gary Edson
  Fmr Deputy National Security Advisor
• Richard Falkenrath
  Fmr Dep Asst to the President
• Amb. Julie Finley
  Fmr US Ambassador
• Carl Ford
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Aaron Friedberg
  Fmr Dep Asst to the Vice President
• William Gaches
  Fmr Director of Counterterrorism, NSA
• Janice Gardner
  Fmr Asst Secretary of the Treasury
• John Gardner
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Amb. James Glassman
  Fmr Under Secretary of State
• Amb. Jon Glassman
  Fmr Dep National Security Advisor to the Vice President
• David Gordon
  Fmr Director, State Dept, Policy Planning
• Colleen Graffy
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Michael Green
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• Sen. Chuck Hagel
  Fmr Secretary of Defense and US Senator
• Christopher Hankin
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretry of State
• Mark Harvey
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Gen. Michael Hayden
  Fmr Director of the CIA and the NSA
• Amb. Carla Hills
  Fmr US Trade Representative
• Seth Hurwitz
  Fmr Counsel, President’s Intelligence Oversight Board
• Ash Jain
  Fmr Member, State Dept Policy Planning
• Les Janka
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of Defense
• Neil Joeck
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• Amb. Richard Kauzlarich
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• James Kelly
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Donald Kerr
  Fmr Princ Dep Director of National Intelligence
• Rep. Jim Kolbe
  Fmr Member of Congress
• David Kramer
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Stephen Krasner
  Fmr Director, State Dept Policy Planning
• Ken Krieg
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• James Kunder
  Fmr Deputy Administrator, USAID
• Amb. Frank Lavin
  Fmr Under Secretary of Commerce
• Rep. Jim Leach
  Fmr Member of Congress
• Bruce Lemkin
  Fmr Dep Under Secretary of the Air Force
• Michael Leiter
  Fmr Director, National Counterterrorism Ctr
• Peter Lichtenbaum
  Fmr Asst Secretary of Commerce
• Amb. Winston Lord
  Fmr US Ambassador
• James Loy
  Fmr Dep Secretary of Homeland Security
• Peter Madigan
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary State
• Amb. Steven Mann
  Fmr Prin Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Col. John McDonald
  Fmr Dep Under Secretary of the Army
• Bryan McGrath
  Former US Navy Officer
• Amb. Michael McKinley
  Fmr US Ambassador
• Christopher Mellon
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of Defense
• David Merkel
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• John Mitnick
  Fmr General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security
• Allen Moore
  Fmr Under Secretary of Commerce
• Alberto Mora
  Fmr Gen Counsel, Dept of the Navy
• Holly Morrow
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• Kenneth Mortensen
  Fmr Assoc Dep Attorney General
• Virginia Mulberger
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Alden Munson
  Fmr Dep Director of National Intelligence
• Amb. John Negroponte
  Fmr Director of National Intelligence, and Fmr Deputy Secretary of State
• Elizabeth Neumann
  Fmr Asst Secretary of Homeland Security
• Sean O’Keefe
  Fmr Secretary of the Navy and NASA Administrator
• Douglas Paal
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• Larry Pfeiffer
  Fmr Chief of Staff, CIA
• William Piekney
  Fmr Chief of Station, CIA
• Daniel Price
  Fmr Dep National Security Advisor
• Sen. Larry Pressler
  Fmr US Senator
• Clyde Prestowitz
  Fmr Counselor to the Secretary of Commerce
• Victor Reis
  Fmr Director, Defense Adv Research Projects Agency
• Paul Rosenzweig
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of Homeland Security
• Nicholas Rostow
  Fmr NSC Legal Adviser
• Kori Schake
  Fmr Prin Dep Director, State Dept Policy Planning
• Wayne Schroeder
  Fmr Dep Under Secretary of Defense
• Amb. Gregory Schulte
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• Robert Shanks
  Fmr Dep Asst Attorney General
• Amb. Thomas Shannon
  Fmr Under Secretary of State
• Rep. Christopher Shays
  Fmr Member of Congress
• John Simon
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• Stephen Slick
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• Amb. Mark Storella
  Fmr US Ambassador
• Timothy Stratford
  Fmr Asst US Trade Representative
• Amb. William Taft
  Fmr Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Shirin Tahir-Kheli
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Miles Taylor
  Fmr Chief of Staff, Dept of Homeland Security
• William Tobey
  Fmr Dep Administrator, Nat Nuclear Security Admin
• Jack Tomarchio
  Fmr Princ Dep Under Secretary of Homeland Security
• Olivia Troye
  Fmr Special Advisor to the Vice President
• Amb. Robert Tuttle
  Fmr US Ambassador to the United Kingdom
• John Veroneau
  Fmr Dep US Trade Representative
• Michael Vickers
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• Ken Wainstein
  Fmr Homeland Security Advisor
• David Waller
  Fmr Asst Secretary of Energy
• Thomas Ward
  Fmr Director of Threats, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
• Sen. John Warner
  Fmr US Senator
• Matthew Waxman
  Fmr Prin Dep Director, State Dept Policy Planning
• William Webster
  Fmr Director of the CIA and FBI
• Wendell Willkie II
  Fmr General Counsel, Dept of Commerce
• John Woodworth
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of Defense
• John Wolf
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Dov Zakheim
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• Philip Zelikow
  Fmr Counselor of the Dept of State

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