moar on Andrew's wife Halie Soifer - July 2018
SCENE THE OTHER NIGHT — Halie Soifer, Executive Director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA), and her husband Andrew Kauders hosted a fundraiser for Michigan House candidate Elissa Slotkin at their residence in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on Wednesday. Attendees included Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD), Matt Nosanchuk, Barbara Goldberg Goldman, and Ann Lewis. [Pic] Soifer presented Slotkin with a homemade cake featuring the candidate’s logo [Pic]
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/jewish-insider-s-daily-kickoff-july-27-2018-1.6317263
WHO IS THIS MI CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE THEY SUPPORTED - ELISSA SLOTKIN?
Elissa played a leading role designing the counter-ISIS strategy and standing up the international coalition fighting in Iraq and Syria.[3] [4] Most recently, she chaired the U.S.- Russia channel on flight safety over Syria, the senior-most channel between the two governments. Along with the Undersecretary, she served as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense on all national security and defense policy, including on issues of unmanned aerial vehicles, homeland defense, disaster response, and cyber warfare. Elissa joined the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy in 2011 as the Senior Advisor for Middle East Transition, and prior to that served in the State Department where she worked closely on Iraq policy during the transition from military to civilian lead. She has also served on the U.S. National Security Council as Director for Iraq, where her portfolio included a leading role in drafting of the U.S. - Iraq Status of Forces Agreement.[5] She also worked in the intelligence community, where she served three tours of duty in Iraq and as Special Assistant to the first Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte. In addition to her government experience, Elissa has worked at non-profit organizations throughout the Middle East and East Africa. She has studied Arabic and Swahili. Elissa frequently speaks on international security issues. [6] [7]
Slotkin is running in 2018 for the Michigan's 8th congressional district seat held by Republican Mike Bishop.[8]