Michael A. Sheehan

Michael Sheehan
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
In office
December 20, 2011  August 25, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byMichael D. Lumpkin (Acting)
Succeeded byMichael D. Lumpkin
11th Coordinator for Counterterrorism
In office
December 14, 1998  December 20, 2000
Acting: December 14, 1998 – August 9, 1999
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byChristopher W.S. Ross
Succeeded byFrancis X. Taylor
Personal details
Born(1955-02-10)February 10, 1955
Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJuly 30, 2018(2018-07-30) (aged 63)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
EducationUnited States Military Academy (BS)
Georgetown University (MS)
United States Army Command and General Staff College (MS)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
RankColonel

Michael A. Sheehan (February 10, 1955 – July 30, 2018) was an American author and former government official and military officer. He was a Distinguished Chair at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York and a terrorist analyst for NBC News.