Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) from Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron 3 (USVRON 3) operate remotely in San Diego Bay on May 15, 2024, ahead of the unit’s establishment ceremony. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Claire M. DuBois)
A Boxer wheeled armored infantry vehicle of the German armed forces drives across the Rheinmetall site on May 2, 2024. (Philipp Schulze/picture alliance via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump appears on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
An image of an electronic wafer is displayed at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on November 21, 2024. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images)
Gunners from the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 in the Kharkiv region on April 21, 2024. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
Chinese sailors stand next to a submarine rescue ship Hongzehu from the PLA Navy as it is docked on April 23, 2024, in Qingdao, China.(Kevin Frayer via Getty Images)
The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald fires the first Naval Strike Missile from a US destroyer on July 18, 2024, in the Pacific Ocean. (US Navy photo)
Mike Rogers is a former distinguished fellow at Hudson Institute specializing in intelligence, law enforcement, defense, and foreign policy.
Biography
As a former member of the U.S. Congress representing Michigan’s Eighth Congressional District, member of the U.S. Army and FBI special agent, Mike Rogers is in a unique position to shape the national debate on a wide variety of issues. Mike currently uses his insider perspective gained from traveling the globe - from the Middle East to South America - to host the nationally-syndicated “Something to Think About with Mike Rogers” on Westwood One.
From his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he chaired the powerful House Intelligence Committee and was a member of the Energy and Commerce panel, Mike built a legacy as a tireless and effective leader on cybersecurity, counterterrorism and national security policy. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius remarked, Mike was “a rare example of bipartisanship.”
Mike has worked with two presidents, Congressional leadership and countless foreign leaders, diplomats and intelligence professionals to ensure the brave men and women who fight for our nation are equipped with the resources necessary to get the job done.
Mike is a CNN national security contributor and a regular in the major print outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press. Mike is also the host and Executive Producer of the CNN Original Series "Declassified." He is staple on radio and had more Sunday show appearances than any other elected official in 2013 and 2014. Mike was a 1985 graduate of Adrian College and is married to Kristi Rogers. He has two children - a daughter and a son.