Prior to joining Carnegie-Tsinghua Center, from June 2007 to June 2009, Haenle served as the Director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolian Affairs on the National Security Council (NSC) staffs of U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama. From June 2007 to January 2009, he also played a key role as the White House representative to the U.S. negotiating team at the Six-Party Talks nuclear negotiations and, from May 2004 to June 2007, served as the Executive Assistant to the U.S. National Security Advisor.

Trained as a China Foreign Area Officer in the U.S. Army, Haenle has been assigned twice to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, served as a U.S. Army Company Commander during a two-year tour to the Republic of Korea, and also worked in the Pentagon as an advisor on China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Affairs on the staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Early assignments in the U.S. Army included postings in Germany, Desert Storm in 1991, Korea, and Kuwait. Haenle retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel in October 2009.

 
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