 Gordon is an American communications and foreign policy adviser, who served as a Pentagon spokesman during the George W. Bush Administration and later a national security adviser to Donald Trump.Gordon is a retired United States Navy officer who was a senior adviser to numerous prominent Republican political figures.Gordon has also been a television commentator and columnist with various media outlets including One America News Network, Fox News, Sky News, The Daily Caller, USA Today, "The Hill", "The Washington Times" and others.