[u][b]Name[/b][/u]
Benton Haynes

[u][b]Position[/b][/u] 
Press Secretary

[u][b]Age[/b][/u]
Thirty-four

[u][b]Sex[/b][/u]
Male

[u][b]Physical Description[/b][/u]
Benton is a 6'3 and thin individual with his light blue eyes and brown hair. He often dresses professionally with his dark naval blue suit and his light purple tie. And he began to grow a beard where he plans on keeping it thick to keep more professional with the press. 


[u][b]Brief Bio[/b][/u]
Benton Haynes grew up in Seattle with his parents who were originally from Portland. His parents kept him homeschooled for most his childhood until the beginning of high school. Transfering to a public school environment was a surprise for Benton as he didn't socialized with the other kids as much as he should have. And he was often picked on because of it. He found comfort in writing during his first two years of high school. Often writing short poems or lengthy stories during lunch time to keep himself busy. Eventually, he made friends, but kept on writing. Benton's twelfth grade English teacher took notice of his writing and encouraged him to seek a degree in the field. With that in mind, he graduated high school and got accepted to the University of Washington to earn his degree in journalism. 

Once he obtained his degree, he was hired as a journalist for the Washington Post. Benton worked with the Post for a few years before he quit to purse work in the political field. He began with maintaining Wyatt King's campaign for U.S. Senate in Washington helping him secure the spot for Patty Murray until 2010. After the election, Benton moved to Washington D.C. to work as a senior adviser for Joe Biden's campaign; however, he identified as an independent. When Biden won the 2016 elections, he was assigned the position of deputy press secretary for a year until the resignation of the former press secretary. Shortly after taking over the spot, he went on to sever for three years. The sudden death of President Biden and the victory of Republican Andrew Shepard thought it spell the removal of Benton Haynes.

To the surprise of the media and Haynes, Shepard was one of the few holdovers that survived the change. Regardless, he was working on addressing the press about the election until he was called into a sudden meeting. After the meeting, his deputy press secretary substituted for Benton on that day. He released a short statement saying he had a sore throat; however, the truth was that he fell ill after learning that aliens were real and tried to contact with the American government.

[u][b]Issues/Agenda[/b][/u]
Being a press secretary caused Benton to double check the facts since one misinformed statement will be a field day for the media. And he understood the reporters and journalists since he was one of them in the early 2000s. He also acknowledged the return of yellow journalism during the '16 election and the midterms of '18. Thus, he knew how to keep the media in control while giving them whatever they desired. He believes that the media will do more bad than good if they find out that aliens contacted the government. Thus, he supports the policy of keeping the press and citizens quiet about the presence of aliens. However, in the terms of foreign affairs, he believes that there should be an UN Security Council meeting about the possible threat.