Kirk Lippold, the Navy veteran who was the commanding officer of the USS Cole during the 2000 attack in Yemen, has moved to grassroots public affairs firm Phillip Stutts & Co. in D.C. as a senior VP.
The firm, which has worked with Military Families United, conservative advocacy group FreedomWorks, Freedom of Choice in Urban Schools and Commander's PAC, said Lippold will work military policy and strategic development assignments, including crisis counsel.
Stutts worked for Lippold during an unsuccessful Congressional bid in Nevada and to promote his book, “Front Burner: Al Qaeda’s Attack on the USS Cole."
Lippold, a Naval Academy grad, was commanding officer of the Cole from 1999-2001 and retired in 2007. He is on the board of Military Families United, which advocates against the release of prisoners from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.