COURIER LIFE, JANUARY 22-28, 2021 15
Rose headed to
Pentagon as top
COVID-19 advisor
Former southern Brooklyn Congressman Max Rose, seen
greeting a supporter in October, will serve as a senior advisor
in the Pentagon. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
BY ROSE ADAMS
President Joe Biden
will appoint former
southern Brooklyn Congressman
Max Rose as
a senior advisor in the
Pentagon, Defense One
fi rst reported.
Rose, who recently
bowed out of the city’s
mayoral race, will serve
as the special assistant
to the secretary of defense
and as a “senior advisor”
on COVID-19, according
to the outlet.
The Park Slope native
was elected in 2018
to the congressional seat
covering Staten Island
and a swath of southern
Brooklyn, including Bay
Ridge, Dyker Heights,
and Bath Beach, and
parts of Gravesend and
Bensonhurst.
The second Democrat
to represent Staten Island
in 30 years, Rose focused
on bipartisan legislation
and positioned
himself as a centrist
during his two-year tenure,
becoming one of the
last Democrats to vote
for President Donald
Trump’s impeachment
inquiry in 2019, and opposing
cuts to police
funding.
Rose’s moderate messaging
failed to save him
during his fi ery re-election
bid in November,
which he lost to Republican
Assemblywoman Nicole
Malliotakis.
Following his loss,
Rose fi led paperwork in
December to enter the
crowded 2021 mayoral
race, but withdrew his
bid on Jan. 4. Rose did
not explain his withdrawal,
saying only that
he and his wife planned
to adopt another baby.
“My son Miles just
learned how to crawl
and is getting awfully
good at standing on his
own,” he wrote on Twitter.
“So wish Leigh and I
luck in 2021 because, at
this rate, Miles will be
walking in no time —
and God willing, we will
adopt another beautiful
baby into our family.”
Prior to Rose’s appointment
to the Department
of Defense, Rose
served on the House
committee of homeland
security and veteran
affairs, and chaired a
subcommittee on intelligence
and counterterrorism.
He previously
served in the US Army
in Afghanistan, where
he earned a Purple
Heart.
Rose did not respond
to a request for comment
by press time.
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