a technology and security consulting firm. Government and politics From 1995 to 1998, Mizusawa was appointed as a Professional Staff Member on the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, where he assisted the chairman with oversight of national defense. In 1996, he authored the GOP national security platform for the presidential campaign. In 1998, he was appointed as a three-star level Senior Executive in The Pentagon. In 2010, Mizusawa unsuccessfully ran for a U.S. Congress seat from Virginia. In May 2016, during the 2016 Republican presidential primary process, Mizusawa endorsed the candidacy of Donald Trump and soon thereafter became a foreign policy advisor to the Trump campaign. He authored the Trump doctrine for foreign policy, versions of which were published by USA Today on-line and in its print edition. Mizusawa was director of national security policy for the Presidential Transition Team. In 2018, he launched a campaign for the GOP nomination to challenge U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, but failed to collect enough signatures to make the ballot. In early 2020, Mizusawa was appointed as a senior adviser for national security technology and business integration at the Central Intelligence Agency. Articles Decentralized information age training: key to U.S. antiterrorism efforts. (Homeland Security) — (Sep. 2003) Colonel Mizusawa discusses the application of decentralized information age training in coping with the homeland security threat posed by terrorism in the U.S. Colonel Mizusawa also discusses the advantage of the application for city and country leadership; challenges in the deployment process; and drawbacks of Internet-based applications. Mentions Dangerous Games: faces, incidents and casualties of the Cold War by James E. Wise, Jr., and Scott Baron. Naval Institute Press (2010): Annapolis, Maryland The Reagan Diaries edited by Douglas Brinkley. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation (2007): New York, New York (Referencing Soviet Defector Incident in Korean DMZ) References 1957 births Living people People from Honolulu United States Military Academy alumni American military personnel of Japanese descent Recipients of the Silver Star Harvard Law School alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni United States Army reservists Recipients of the Legion of Merit United States Army generals Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Virginia Republicans Hawaii Republicans American politicians of Japanese descent Trump administration personnel People of the Central Intelligence Agency Candidates in the 2018 United States Senate elections Asian conservatism in the United States