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National Security Network Participant
FDD’s National Security Fellow
2013 - 2014
2013 - 2014
National Security Network Participant
Igor Khrestin
Office of Senator Mark Kirk
Biography
Last updated: Oct 23, 2013
Igor Khrestin is the Senior Legislative Assistant in the office of Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL), focusing on foreign policy and international trade issues. Previously, Igor worked as a policy analyst at the BGR Group, a government affairs consulting firm, and as a research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute. He holds a Master’s degree from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, a Bachelor’s degree from Illinois Wesleyan University, and has also studied at the London School of Economics. He is fluent in Ukrainian and Russian.