Michael A. Sheehan
Michael Sheehan | |
|---|---|
| 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 G. Vickers |
| 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) 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.