Former CIA Agent Evan McMullin Worked for the UN as a Volunteer “Refugee Resettlement Officer” in Muslim Jordan
Evan McMullin is a former CIA agent and currently the Chief Policy Director for the HouseRepublican Conference. BuzzFeed and MSNBCs Joe Scarborough have reported that he plans on launching a third-party presidential bid as an independent. He has made his stance against Donald Trump clear and has also been critical of the Obama Administration‘s foreign policy. The move also comes as Trump has seen slumping poll numbers.
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One of the first jobs McMullin lists on his LinkedIn page is a volunteer position as Refugee Resettlement Officer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. He worked in Jordan, where he “vetted and processed UN-recognized refugees from the Middle East and Africa for resettlement to third countries.”
McMullin is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where he received a BA in International Law & Diplomacy. He also has an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. He also lists Portuguese as one of the languages he speaks.
“It is amazing what can be done when you simply choose to set fear aside and do whatever it is that you would like to do,” he told BYU’s alumni magazine. “There is often value in taking well-calculated risks, and if you do not take them, you are probably missing out on a lot of life’s opportunities.”
As a BYU graduate and Utah native, McMullin hopes he can capitalize on his ties to Utah. Sources told Buzzfeed that he hopes to be aggressive in the Beehive State. He was also a Mormon missionary in Brazil, notes ABC News.
