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George Kraehe grew up among five siblings in Santa Fe, New Mexico, New York City, and Germany. After graduating at the top of his high school class, George joined the Army, where he trained to be a Military Intelligence Arabic interpreter before earning an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
After three semesters at West Point, George transferred to Yale University and completed Drill Sergeant and Airborne training in the U.S. Army Reserves. He graduated with honors from Yale in 1990, earning degrees in history and German literature, before attending the University of Texas School of Law, where he served on the Texas International Law Journal. George completed law school in two years and went on to serve as a Texas assistant attorney general and then became an associate and partner in a South Texas law firm specializing in defense of catastrophic torts, environmental torts, and governmental entity defense. He later moved to New Mexico, where he became a shareholder in an employment defense boutique and then moved on to complete a twenty-year career as a federal prosecutor. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, George prosecuted white collar, public corruption, sex trafficking, environmental, and national security cases. He also served as the District of New Mexico’s Healthcare Fraud Coordinator. George completed his federal career in Washington, D.C. as a trial attorney and Domestic Counterterrorism Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division, prosecuting and trying cases across the United States and around the world. George served his profession and community as a New Mexico State Bar Commissioner and as a member of the MCLE and Supreme Court Disciplinary boards, as well as on a number of other bar committees. George also served as President of Opera Southwest, Vice-President of Lobo Aquatics, Secretary-Treasurer of Cuidando Los Niños, and on other non-profit and community boards.
George recently retired at the rank of colonel after forty years’ service in the U.S. Army active and reserve components. Over the course of his military career, George served numerous combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa, ultimately serving as Chief Prosecutor of the Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, responsible for the prosecutions of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others responsible for 9/11 and other infamous international terrorist attacks. George earned numerous decorations and awards, including the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Bronze Star, the Army Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Action Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Basic Parachutist’s Badge, and many others.
George holds a master’s degree from Harvard University in Middle Eastern Studies, as well as an L.LM in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University and a Master’s of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. George completed work towards a Ph.D. in War Studies at King’s College London and served as a researcher at Harvard Law School’s Program in International Law and Armed Conflict. George has been published in several law and other professional journals and authored an Iraq war novel, No Greater Thrill, available through all major online booksellers. In his spare time, George enjoys playing the piano and running marathons, completing a marathon in all of the 50 states, each to honor a fallen soldier. George was married to his dearly departed wife, Kelly, an artist and school teacher, for 33 years and is father to two grown boys, both of whom have undertaken lives of national and community service. George and his boys live on a ranch outside Madrid, New Mexico.