Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan

As National Security Advisor, Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan directed U.S. foreign policy and crisis management throughout the Biden presidency. He coordinated the international coalition supporting Ukraine against Russian invasion, managed strategic competition with China, strengthened Indo-Pacific alliances, and navigated complex diplomacy during the Israel-Hamas war and the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.

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1976	Birth of Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan (Period: November 28, 1976, Location: Burlington, Vermont, United States)
1990	Southwest High School (Age: 13 years old, Period: Circa 1990–1994, Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States)
1994	Yale University (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1994–1998, Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States)
1998	Magdalen College, University of Oxford (Age: 21 years old, Period: Circa 1998–2000, Location: Oxford, United Kingdom)
2000	Yale Law School (Age: 23 years old, Period: 2000–2003, Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States)
2003	Middle East situation after the Iraq War (Age: 26 years old, Period: 2003–2011 onwards, Location: Middle East region centered on Iraq) Law clerk to a federal court of appeals judge (Age: 26 years old, Period: Circa 2003–2004, Location: New York, United States)
2004	Law clerk to a Supreme Court justice (Age: 27 years old, Period: Circa 2004–2005, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2005	Work at Faegre & Benson law firm (Age: 28 years old, Period: Circa 2005–2008, Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States)
2007	Policy advisor and chief legal counsel to Senator Amy Klobuchar (Age: 30 years old, Period: Circa 2007–2008, Location: Washington, D.C., and Minnesota, United States) Participation in Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign (Age: 30 years old, Period: 2007–2008, Location: Nationwide, United States) Participation in Democratic presidential campaigns and administration operations (Age: 30 years old, Period: 2007–2025, Location: Nationwide, Washington, D.C., United States)
2008	Participation in Barack Obama's presidential campaign (Age: 31 years old, Period: 2008, Location: Nationwide, United States)
2009	Appointment as Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Age: 32 years old, Period: 2009–2011, Location: Washington, D.C., and Department of State, United States)
2011	Syrian Civil War (Age: 34 years old, Period: 2011–present, Location: Syria) Appointment as Director of Policy Planning at the State Department (Age: 34 years old, Period: February 2011–February 2013, Location: Washington, D.C., and Department of State, United States)
2012	Gaza conflict (Age: 35 years old, Period: November 2012, Location: Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories, Israel)
2013	Iran nuclear issue and nuclear deal negotiations (Age: 36 years old, Period: 2013–2015, Location: International negotiation venues such as Iran, United States, Switzerland, etc.) Appointment as National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden (Age: 36 years old, Period: February 2013–August 2014, Location: Washington, D.C., and the White House, United States)
2014	War on terror against the Islamic State (Age: 37 years old, Period: 2014–2020s, Location: Iraq, Syria, and the Middle East region) Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Age: 37 years old, Period: Circa 2014–2016, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2015	Senior policy advisor to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign (Age: 38 years old, Period: 2015–2016, Location: Nationwide, United States) Marriage (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Maggie Goodlander, Age: 38 years old, Period: 2015, Location: United States (specific city and venue unconfirmed))
2016	Alleged involvement in investigation and reporting of Russia-related information surrounding the 2016 presidential election (Age: 39 years old, Period: Reported and politically debated from 2016 to 2021, Location: United States)
2017	Criticism over advisory fees from private companies and conflicts of interest (Age: 40 years old, Period: 2017–2021, Location: United States)
2018	Co-founding of National Security Action (Age: 41 years old, Period: 2018, Location: United States) Educational activities at Yale Law School and elsewhere (Age: 41 years old, Period: Circa 2018–2020, Location: New Haven, Connecticut, New Hampshire, etc., United States)
2019	Senior policy advisor to the Joe Biden presidential campaign (Age: 42 years old, Period: 2019–2020, Location: Nationwide, United States)
2021	Appointment as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Biden administration (Age: 44 years old, Period: January 20, 2021–January 20, 2025, Location: Washington, D.C., and the White House, United States) Criticism over planning and intelligence assessment of the Afghanistan withdrawal (Age: 44 years old, Period: August 2021–2024, Location: United States, Afghanistan)
2022	Russian invasion of Ukraine (Age: 45 years old, Period: February 2022–present, Location: Ukraine, Russia and surrounding areas)
2023	Home break-in incident (Age: 46 years old, Period: April 2023, Location: West End district, Washington, D.C., United States)
2025	Appointment as Professor at Harvard Kennedy School (Age: 48 years old, Period: April 2025, Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) Launch of the podcast "The Long Game" (Age: 48 years old, Period: November 2025, Location: United States)
Unknown	Judicial finding regarding significant fraud or misconduct (Period: No significant judicial findings confirmable)

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