Fred Gedrich
Fred Gedrich is a foreign policy and national security analyst. His articles have been published and used by, among others, CBS News, Jerusalem Post, Le Monde, The Miami Herald, National Review Online, New York Post, New York Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, Real Clear Politics, Washington Times, The Hill and Breitbart. He is also a contributing author on “War Footing.” He has appeared on the BBC, CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC and has been a guest on hundreds of radio stations.
Gedrich served in the U.S. Departments of Defense and State for nearly 30 years. He traveled throughout the United States and to U.S. missions in 50 plus countries. He evaluated many of the most sophisticated weapon systems in the DoD arsenal. His notable State Department assignments include Beijing, China during Tiananmen Square Massacre; Beirut, Lebanon under hostile conditions; Haiti during the embargo; a number of African countries undergoing political, economic, and social turmoil; and newly independent states in the former Soviet Union shortly after the collapse of the communist empire. He has also attended UN World Summits in Monterrey, Mexico and Johannesburg, South Africa.