Cooper, R

Rory Cooper, a former staffer for the National Republican Congressional

Committee; inauf comm, WH liason to HUD sec mel martinez, homeland

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<em>Politico’s</em> “<a href="http://www.politico.com/playbook">Playbook</a>,” reports that <strong>Rory Cooper</strong> has been named Communications Director for <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA),</span> starting September 10.

<p>Cooper is currently Communications Director at the Heritage

Foundation.  He began his career at the <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Republican Governors Association

and the National Republican Campaign Committee.</span>

In 2011 Cooper was named a “Rising Star” by Campaign and Elections

Magazine, an honor given to "a select group of operatives age 35 and

under who have an established track record of achievement in political

consulting or advocacy and the promise to achieve greatness."

Before joining <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Heritage in 2008 as Director of Strategic

Communications,</span> Cooper served for more than seven years in the

administration of George W. Bush, completing his service as a <font color="#FF0000"><b>senior

policy adviser at the U.S. Department of Energy.</b></font>

Between 2001 and 2004, Cooper was an <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">aide in the Bush White House,</span>

first as associate director of policy and plans in the newly formed

Office of Homeland Security, then as associate director of

intergovernmental affairs for the Homeland Security Council.

In the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Cooper was

instrumental in formation of the Department of Homeland Security and

production of the first National Strategy for Homeland Security. His

initial administration post was as deputy White House liaison to Housing

and Urban Development <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Secretary Mel Martinez.</span>

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Cooper also served at NASA as the first director of the space

agency's <font color="#FF0000">newly created Division of Outreach and Intergovernmental

Affairs</font>, </span>following an assignment with the 2005 Base Realignment and

Closure (BRAC) Commission.

Cooper holds a <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">bachelor's degree in international relations and

political science from Tulane University in New Orleans, La.</span> He

originally hails from Franklin, Mich., outside Detroit.  (<em>Politico’s “Playbook”</em>)</p>
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