Dan Senor

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Daniel Samuel Senor (born November 6, 1971), a Republican strategist and contributor to Fox News. Currently a crisis management and communications strategy consultant with his newly founded firm, Senor Strategies.

[edit] Background

Dan was born in upstate New York. He went to high school in Toronto, Ontario earned his B.A. from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Senor married Campbell Brown, anchor of the weekend edition of The Today Show on NBC, on April 2, 2006, in Colorado [1]. His sister is Wendy Singer Senor, who runs AIPAC's Jerusalem office [2].

Senor's mother is a Holocaust survivor, and he keeps kosher. [3]

[edit] Career

Senor worked previously for the Carlyle Group (2001-2003). He also held a number of posts in the office of former Senator Spencer Abraham, R-MI.

Senor previously served as spokesman and senior advisor to United States Presidential Envoy Paul Bremer, when he was Administrator of the Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority.

In September 2004, the White House employed Senor to coach and ghostwrite the speeches of Iraq's interim prime minister Iyad Allawi during his visit to the US, in an effort to enhance the Bush reelection campaign. At the same time, Senor appeared on cable news programs asserting that Allawi's positive remarks (vetted by him) supported the Bush Administration's rosy view of the Iraqi occupation.