page_title: Andrea L. Thompson
section_title: White House and State Department career
hierarchical_section_title: Andrea L. Thompson / Biography / White House and State Department career
caption_attribution_description: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hosts the Ceremonial Swearing-In Ceremony for Andrea L. Thompson as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2018. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
context_page_description: Andrea Lee Thompson is an American government official and former military officer. She is the former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. Prior to this, she was the National Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence. Before entering government service, she was a career intelligence officer in the United States Army.
context_section_description: Thompson was appointed the National Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence on January 26, 2017, officially holding the title of Deputy Assistant to the President. She succeeded Colin Kahl who was the final National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden.
  On December 12, 2017, the White House announced that Thompson would be nominated as the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. She was succeeded on September 11, 2017 in her role as National Security Advisor to the Vice President by Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg. Thompson was confirmed as Under Secretary of State by the United States Senate on April 26, 2018. She was sworn in by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on June 19, 2018. Thompson has also co-authored a book titled Achieving Victory in Iraq: Countering an Insurgency. On September 20, 2019, Pompeo announced that Thompson would leave her position the following month.
  The decision came after reports about connections between her and her husband David Gillian to Maria Butina and her boyfriend Paul Erickson.
caption: Thompson at her ceremonial swearing-in as Under Secretary with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
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