Michael Flynn

Michael Flynn
25th National Security Advisor
In office January 20, 2017 – February 13, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Deputy	K. T. McFarland
Preceded by	Susan Rice
Succeeded by	H. R. McMaster
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
In office July 24, 2012 – August 7, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Ronald Burgess
Succeeded by	David Shedd (Acting)
Personal details
Born	Michael Thomas Flynn December 1958 (age 58) Middletown, Rhode Island, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Rhode Island, Kingston (BS) Golden Gate University (MBA) United States Army Command and General Staff College (MMAS) Naval War College (MA)
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Website	Official website
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1981–2014
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Defense Intelligence Agency Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Battles/wars	Operation Urgent Fury Operation Uphold Democracy Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom
Awards	Defense Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal (4) Legion of Merit (2) Bronze Star Medal (4) Meritorious Service Medal (6) Joint Service Commendation Medal Army Commendation Medal (5)

Michael Thomas "Mike" Flynn (born December 1958) is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General, who served in the Army for 33 years until 2014. Flynn's military career included a key role in shaping U.S. counterterrorism strategy and dismantling insurgent networks in Afghanistan and Iraq, and he was given numerous combat arms, conventional, and special operations senior intelligence assignments. He was appointed by President Barack Obama as the eighteenth director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, serving from July 2012 to his retirement from the military in August 2014. After leaving the military, he established Flynn Intel Group which has provided intelligence services for businesses and governments, including ones in Turkey. Flynn also briefly served as the twenty-fifth National Security Advisor for President Donald Trump, from January 20 to February 13, 2017.

Flynn was forced to resign as Trump's National Security Advisor after information surfaced that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence about the nature and content of his communications with the Russian ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak. Flynn's tenure of just 24 days was the shortest in the history of the office. On April 27, 2017, the Pentagon inspector general announced an investigation into whether Flynn had accepted money from foreign governments without the required approval. Flynn initially refused to hand over subpoenaed documents to the Senate Intelligence Committee, pleading the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination, but a compromise with the committee was worked out.

Flynn was born in December 1958 in Middletown, Rhode Island, the son of Helen Frances (Andrews), who worked in real estate, and Charles Francis Flynn, a banker.

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