I have a question , what’s the big deal with a Military General (Air Force General Michael Hayden) running the CIA? People and the media are acting like this is something new. Has everyone gotten selective brain disorder?
Lets look at a some past directors, 11 of 19 have had Military Experience, and some of them quite a bit, you tell me why this appointment is any different than these listed below. I know the answer but you tell me.
S i d n e y W i l l i a m S o u e r s
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APPOINTED |
23 January 1946 by President Harry S. Truman; sworn in on that date* |
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
Kingman Douglass (Acting), 2 March 1946–11 July 1946 |
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EARLIER CAREER |
Private business
Commissioned Lieutenant Commander, US Naval Reserve, 1929
Volunteered for active duty, July 1940
Promoted to Rear Admiral and named Deputy Chief of Naval Intelligence, 1945 |
H o y t S a n f o r d V a n d e n b e r g
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APPOINTED |
7 June 1946 by President Harry S. Truman; sworn in, 10 June 1946* |
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
Kingman Douglass (Acting) until 11 July 1946; Brig. Gen. Edwin Kennedy Wright, US Army, from 20 January 1947 through remainder of Gen. Vandenberg’s tenure |
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EARLIER CAREER |
Pilot, flight commander, flying instructor in Army Air Corps, 1924-36
Commanded 9th Air Force in Europe during World War II
Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, War Department General Staff, January-June 1946 |
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LATER CAREER |
Appointed Vice Chief of Staff of US Air Force with rank of General, US Air Force, effective 1 October 1947
Chief of Staff, US Air Force, 1948-53
Retired from Air Force and Joint Chiefs of Staff, 30 June 1953
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R o s c o e H e n r y H i l l e n k o e t t e r
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APPOINTED |
30 April 1947 by President Harry S. Truman; sworn in, 1 May 1947
Recess appointment by President Truman, 29 August 1947; sworn in, 26 September 1947; reappointed under new National Security Act* by President Truman, 24 November 1947; confirmed by Senate, 8 December 1947 |
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
Brig. Gen. Edwin Kennedy Wright until 9 March 1949** |
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EARLIER CAREER |
Several tours as Assistant Naval Attache, France: 1933-35, 1938-40, 1940-41 (Vichy regime), and 1946-47
Officer in Charge of Intelligence, on the staff of Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Area (Adm. Chester W. Nimitz), September 1942–March 1943
Promoted to Rear Admiral, 29 November 1946 |
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LATER CAREER |
Commander, Cruiser Division 1, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet, October 1950–August 1951
Promoted to Vice Admiral, 9 April 1956 |
W a l t e r B e d e l l S m i t h
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EDUCATION |
Attended Butler University briefly; Army Command and General
Staff School, 1935; Army War College, 1937 |
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APPOINTED |
21 August 1950 by President Harry S. Truman; confirmed by Senate,
28 August 1950; sworn in, 7 October 1950 |
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
William H. Jackson, October 1950–August 1951; Allen W. Dulles
through remainder of Gen. Bedell Smith’s tenure |
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EARLIER CAREER |
Commissioned into US Army, 27 November 1917; served in France in World War I; received regular commission July 1920
Served during World War II as General Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff, first in the European Theater, 1942; then for Allied Forces in North Africa and the
Mediterranean, 1942-43; and in 1944-45 at Supreme Headquarters,
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Promoted to Lieutenant General, 13 January 1944
Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1946-49
Commanding General of the First Army, 1949-50 |
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LATER CAREER |
Retired from Army, 9 February 1953
Under Secretary of State, 1953-54 |
W i l l i a m F r a n c i s R a b o r n, J R.
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EDUCATION |
Graduated from US Naval Academy, 1928; Naval War College, 1952 |
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APPOINTED |
11 April 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson; confirmed by Senate, 22 April 1965; sworn in, 28 April 1965 |
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
Richard M. Helms |
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EARLIER CAREER |
Director, US Navy Special Projects Office (which developed Polaris missle for Fleet Ballistic Missle System), 1955-62
Promoted to Vice Admiral, 1960
Deputy chief of Naval Operations (Development), 1962-63
Retired from Navy, 1 September 1963 |
W i l l i a m E g a n C o l b y
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APPOINTED |
10 May 1973 by President Richard M. Nixon; confirmed by Senate, 1 August 1973; sworn in, 4 September 1973 |
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters, US Army |
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EARLIER CAREER |
Volunteered for active duty as 2nd Lieutenant, US Army, August 1941
Served with Office of Strategic Services, 1943-45
Attorney in private practice, New York, 1947-49; with National Labor Relations Board, Washington, DC, 1949-50
Various posts in CIA
Chief, Far East Division, Directorate of Plans, CIA, 1962-67
On leave from CIA, assigned to Agency for International Development as Director of Civil Operations and Rural Development Support, Saigon (with rank of ambassador), 1968-71
Executive Director-Comptroller, 1972-73
Deputy Director for Operations, 2 March–24 August 1973 (served concurrently as Executive Secretary, CIA Management Committee) |
G e o r g e H e r b e r t W a l k e r B u s h
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APPOINTED |
3 November 1975 by President Gerald R. Ford; confirmed by Senate, 27 January 1976; sworn in, 30 January 1976 |
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters, US Army, until 2 July 1976; E. Henry Knoche, from 3 July 1976 through remainder of Mr. Bush’s tenure (Mr. Knoche then served as Acting Director, from Mr. Bush’s departure on 20 January 1977 until Adm. Stansfield Turner was sworn in on 9 March 1977) |
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EARLIER CAREER |
Served in World War II as naval aviator in the Pacific
Member of Congress, 7th District, Texas, 1967-71
Ambassador to the United Nations, 1971-72
Chairman, Republican National Committee, 1973-74
Chief, US Liaison Office, People’s Republic of China, 1974-75 |
S t a n s f i e l d T u r n e r
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EDUCATION |
Attended Amherst College, 1941-43; graduated from US Naval Academy, 1946 (Class of 1947); Rhodes Scholar, Exeter College, Oxford University, B.A., 1950, M.A., 1954 |
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APPOINTED |
8 February 1977 by President Jimmy Carter; confirmed by Senate,24 February 1977; sworn in, 9 March 1977 |
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
E. Henry Knoche, until 1 August 1977; Frank C. Carlucci, 10 February 1978 through remainder of Adm. Turner’s tenure |
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EARLIER CAREER |
Director, Systems Analysis Division, Office of Chief of Naval Operations, 1971-72
Promoted to Vice Admiral, 1972
President, US Naval War College, 1972-74
Commander, US Second Fleet, 1974-75
Promoted to Admiral, 1975; retired from active duty, 31 December 1978
Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe (NATO), 1975-77 |
W i l l i a m J o s e p h C a s e y
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APPOINTED |
20 January 1981 by President Ronald Reagan; confirmed by Senate, 27 January 1981; sworn in, 28 January 1981 |
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
Adm. Bobby Ray Inman, US Navy, 12 February 1981–10 June 1982; John N. McMahon, 10 June 1982–29 March 1986; and Robert M. Gates, 18 April 1986 through remainder of Mr. Casey’s tenure |
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EARLIER CAREER |
Lawyer and businessman
Commissioned into US Naval Reserve, 1943
Joined Office of Strategic Services in 1943; Chief of Special Intelligence Branch in European Theater of Operations, 1944-45
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1971-73
Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1973-74
President and Chairman, US Export-Import Bank, 1974-76
Member, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1976-77
Campaign Manager for presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, 1980 |
W i l l i a m H e d g c o c k W e b s t e r
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APPOINTED |
3 March 1987 by President Ronald Reagan; confirmed by Senate, 19 May 1987; sworn in, 26 May 1987
Requested by President-elect George Bush to continue as Director of Central Intelligence, 6 December 1988 |
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
Robert M. Gates, 26 May 1987–20 March 1989; Richard J. Kerr, from 20 March 1989 through remainder of Judge Webster’s tenure (Mr. Kerr served as Acting Director from Mr. Webster’s departure, 1 September 1991, until Dr. Gates was sworn in as DCI, 6 November 1991) |
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EARLIER CAREER |
Lieutenant in US Navy, World War II (1943-46) and Korean war (1951-52)
Private law practice, 1949-59 and 1961-70
US Attorney for Missouri’s Eastern District, 1960-61
Judge, US District Court for Missouri’s Eastern District, 1970-73
Judge, US District Court of Appeals for Eighth Circuit, 1973-78
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1978-87 |
R. J a m e s W o o l s e y
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APPOINTED |
21 January 1993 by President William J. Clinton; confirmed by Senate, 3 February 1993; sworn in, 5 February 1993 |
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
Adm. William O. Studeman, US Navy, 9 April 1992 through remainder of Mr. Woolsey’s tenure |
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EARLIER CAREER |
Captain, US Army, 1968-70; Program Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1968-70
National Security Council Staff, 1970; Adviser with US Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I (SALT I), Helsinki and Vienna, 1969-70
General Counsel, Committee on Armed Services, US Senate, 1970-73
Associate, Shea Gardner law firm, 1973-77; partner, Shea Gardner, 1979-89, 1991-93
Under Secretary of the Navy, 1977-79
Delegate-at-Large, US-Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) and Nuclear and Space Talks (NST), Geneva, 1983-86
President’s Commission on Strategic Forces, 1983-84; President’s Commission on Defense Management, 1985-86; President’s Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform, 1989
Ambassador and US Representative, negotiations on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, 1989-91 |
SO what’s the big deal? Something seems to have caused our Congress to forget about these 11 appointees. Hmmm, could it have anything to do with the mere fact that it comes from Bush? Could having a military man in the CIA Directorship be a good thing, force some change and straighten things out?
