and edelman has served in a senior position at the department of state, defense, as well as the white house, and served as u.s. ambassador to finland and turkey, and was vice president dick cheney s principled epi-assistant for national security affairs. ambassador edelman has received several awards, including four distinguished public servace service. and a presidential distinguished service award. far-left we have general loot. he has served most recently as non-states permit representative to the north atlantic council of nato in which he retired in 2017. previously he had a distinguished 35 year in the u.s. army. he also served for a total of six years in the white house under both presidents george w. bush and barack obama. in 2007 president bush named him deputy national security advisor to coordinate the war in iraq and afghanistan. before. being assigned to the white house, he served as director of operations both on the joint staff in washington dc, and on the uni