Senior Romney Advisor on Foreign Policy Team Available to Comment on Tonight’s New York Debate

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Robert C. O’Brien, a senior advisor to Governor Mitt Romney on foreign affairs and national security, and managing partner of Arent Fox's Los Angeles office, is in New York for the debate and available to comment both before and after the event. A regular commentator on radio, television and print media regarding hot issues in the presidential campaign, he is an articulate and knowledgeable source and can provide a lively and informed insider’s perspective on issues likely to be raised during the debate especially those dealing with foreign policy and national security.

Mr. O’Brien is an expert on international issues and has written extensively on China’s maritime rise and the current conflicts in the South China Sea and, most recently, on the destruction of the Libyan embassy. Having served as co-chair of the State Department's Public-Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan during both the Bush and Obama Administrations, he can speak to the pending withdrawal of U.S. troops from that country and the recent spike in insider attacks on American troops by Afghan security personnel.

For further background on Mr. O'Brien, please visit www.robertcobrien.com or follow him on Twitter @robertcobrien.

Call Mr. O’Brien on his cell phone at 213.840.6121 or contact Anne Sage at [e-mail] or 310.473.8090 to arrange an interview.