Robert M. Gates Fellowship

CNAS has established the fellowship in honor of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and his commitment to public service and bipartisan solutions to U.S. national security challenges.

This fellowship will be awarded to highly qualified candidates who demonstrate extraordinary potential, a commitment to service, and the professionalism and integrity exemplified by Secretary Gates.

Carrie Cordero is the Center's Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow and General Counsel. She is also an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, a CNN analyst, and a contributing editor of Lawfare. Her research and writing interests focus on intelligence community oversight, transparency, surveillance, cybersecurity and related national security law and policy issues. Ms. Cordero spent the first part of her career in public service, including as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Senior Associate General Counsel at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and Attorney Advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice, during which time she handled critical counterterrorism and counterintelligence investigations and appeared frequently before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. She also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney.