Chris Lawson

Chris Lawson is the speechwriter to the secretary of the US Army, the Honorable John McHugh, and was previously the chief civilian speechwriter for Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Lawson a former national security journalist for Gannett, as well as the former managing editor for the Army Times and the Navy Times, and a former managing editor for Men's Health magazine. He served for six years as a Marine Corps combat correspondent, from 1985 to 1991, and was the Corps' Journalist of the Year in 1989. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and family.