Special Envoy[1] of President Barack Obama [2] to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),[3] Deputy Associate White House Counsel,[4] and the U.S. Special Envoy for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications. Hussain, a Muslim of Indian heritage, has also served on the National Security Council and in the Department of Justice as a trial attorney and a criminal and national security prosecutor. In his role as Envoy to the OIC,[5] the second largest intergovernmental body after the UN,[6] Hussain traveled to numerous countries and international gatherings, served as a foreign policy advisor, and met with foreign leaders[5][7] and Muslims around the world.[1] His position, "a kind of ambassador at large to Muslim countries was created by President George W. Bush,"[8] and the Religion News Service described Hussain as member of the President Obama's "spiritual cabinet."[6]