Benjamin Bryant ( born 1977 ) is an American writer , artist , and broadcaster . He is the co-executive producer of the Daytime Emmy-winning drama series Anacostia ( where he occasionally works in front of the camera ) , and the host of the interview program and podcast “ The Brink with Benjamin Bryant . ” Bryant served in senior staff positions on multiple high profile task forces and commissions during the Barack Obama administration , including the Pentagon ’s Fort Hood Shooting Task Force , “ Do n’t Ask , Do n’t Tell ” Repeal Working Group , and the two-year Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission , for which he was the commission ’s final spokesperson . In 2011 , the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin announced the formal acquisition of several of Bryant 's papers , notes , and recordings related to his historic work for the White House and Department of Defense
Fort Hood Shooting
2009 Fort Hood shooting
Benjamin Bryant (broadcaster)