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Legislative Associate, Endowment for Middle East TruthRuss Read is a legislative associate for the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) and a freelance columnist. He works in congressional affairs on Capitol Hill focusing on Middle East policy and U.S. national security issues and has been published in several online news outlets.<br /> He has previously worked as a competitive intelligence consultant for several Fortune 500 companies and as a private investigator in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Boston University where he specialized in international security and global political economy, as well as a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice/political science from High Point University.