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Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs J. Edward Fox

J. Edward Fox was sworn in on April 17, 2007, as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs of the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to joining the Department, he served as the Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) since 2001. 

His background includes more than 20 years of senior federal service in both the executive and legislative branches of government. He also brings to this job extensive private sector experience in the areas of public affairs, legislative affairs, and national security affairs.

His previous government service includes as the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs (1986-1989) and Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs (1985-1986). Fox began his government career on Capitol Hill, where he worked on the personal staff of two Members of Congress and later served on the professional staff of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives.

In the private sector, he founded and was president of Fox & Associates, a government and public affairs consulting firm. He has also served as vice president for international affairs of The Carmen Group, a government relations, public affairs and business development firm. He also served for more than a decade as the managing director of the Governmental and International Affairs Group of the national law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Fox has a bachelor's degree in political science from the Ohio State University and a master's in legislative affairs from the George Washington University.

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