Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2007, ko te kaitohutohu matua o te kaupapa here ā-iwi a Senator Barack Obama, ko Mark Lippert, he kaipupuri kaipuke, i karangahia ki te mahi. I whakauruhia e Lippert a McDonough hei whakakapi i a ia i tana haerenga ki Iraq. I mahi tonu a McDonough hei kaitohutohu matua mo te kaupapa here o waho ki a Obama i tana wa
Ko te pakanga perehitini 2008.