Michael Sheehan | |
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| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict | |
| In office December 20, 2011 – August 25, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Michael D. Lumpkin (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Michael D. Lumpkin |
| 11th Coordinator for Counterterrorism | |
| In office December 14, 1998 – December 20, 2000 Acting: December 14, 1998 – August 9, 1999 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Christopher W.S. Ross |
| Succeeded by | Francis X. Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 10, 1955 Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | July 30, 2018 (aged 63) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | United States Military Academy (BS) Georgetown University (MS) United States Army Command and General Staff College (MS) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
Michael A. Sheehan (February 10, 1955 – July 30, 2018)[1] was an American author and former government official and military officer. He was a Distinguished Chair at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York and a terrorist analyst for NBC News.
- ^ Schudel, Matt (1 August 2018). "Michael A. Sheehan, Army vet and terror expert who warned of bin Laden, dies at 63". Stars and Stripes. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.