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Former marine and defense consultant returns to Hill

Posted by Steve Shapiro on Nov. 19, 2015

A former Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) staffer has turned back to Congress this month after a two-and-a-half year stint in the private sector.

Don Bergin has joined the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as policy director and counsel. He will be serving under Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), who chairs the subcommittee. This new position marks Bergin's return to the Hill after serving as a military legislative assistant and director of military, intelligence and foreign affairs for Turner from late 2010 until June 2013.

Bergin served with the U.S. Marine Corps during Operation Iraqi Freedom and became a congressional liaison for the Marine Corps in 2007. He left the Marine Corps in 2010 to take a brief role with Punaro Group as a national security consultant before joining Turner's office.

Bergin joins the Senate from North Carolina-based consulting firm, North Highland, where he worked as a senior consultant since early 2014. He also served as co-chair of the political organization Veterans for Tillis to support Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) in his 2014 election bid.