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Biographical
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Ashcroft, John
Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Ashcroft became U.S. Attorney General in January 2001. Prior to that, he
served as Attorney General of Missouri for two terms and as Governor of
Missouri from 1985 through 1993. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in
1994 and represented the state of Missouri there until the end of 2000.
Bybee, Jay S.
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of
Justice
Bybee was appointed to the position of Assistant Attorney General by
President George W. Bush in 2001. He joined the Department of Justice in
1984, where he worked in the Office of Legal Policy and the Appellate
Staff of the Civil Division. From 1989 to 1991, he served in the White
House as Associate Counsel to the President. From 1991 until his
appointment in 2001, he taught law at Louisiana State University and the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Church Albert T.
III, (Vice Admiral)
Director of the Navy Staff
Prior to serving as Director of the Navy Staff, Vice Admiral Church had
two Director-level positions in the Navy. From July 1998 until March
2003, he served as both Director, Office of Budget in the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Director, Fiscal Management
Division, in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
Delahunty, Robert
J.
Associate Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas, Former Deputy
General Counsel, White House Office of Homeland Security
Delahunty served as the Deputy General Counsel at the White House Office
of Homeland Security from 2002 to 2003. He joined the U.S. Department of
Justice in 1986, where he began working for the Office of Legal Counsel
in 1989. He spent much of his legal career in the Office of Legal
Counsel and in 1992, he was appointed Special Counsel in that
department.
Dunlavey, Michael
E. (Major General)
Former Operational Commander, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
A career military man, Major General Dunlavey was made Commander of
Terror Suspect Operations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 1997. Prior to
that position, he served as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for
Intelligence in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Intelligence.
Fay, George R.
(Brigadier General)
Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM)
A career military man, Brigadier General Fay became the INSCOM Acting
Commander in July 2003. Prior to this position, he served as the Deputy
Commanding General of INSCOM, a position he assumed in October 1999.
Flanigan, Timothy
Former Deputy White House Counsel
Flanigan is currently serving as the General Counsel for Corporate and
International Law at Tyco, International. Prior to this, he was Deputy
White House Counsel and a Deputy Assistant to President George W. Bush.
Mr. Flanigan was a partner in the law firm White & Case and had
previously served as Assistant Attorney General for the Department of
Justice’s Office of the Legal Counsel during the administration of the
first President Bush. In 1985 and 1986, he served as a law clerk to
Chief Justice Warren Burger of the United States Supreme Court.
Goldsmith, Jack
Landman III
Former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel
Goldsmith is currently a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Until
recently, he was an Assistant Attorney General in the Justice
Department’s Office of Legal Counsel for the Bush Administration.
Previously, he taught law at the University of Chicago and the
University of Virginia. He has written numerous books and articles in
the field of international and foreign relations law.
Gonzales, Alberto
R.
Assistant to the President and White House Counsel
Gonzales was appointed as Counsel to President George W. Bush in January
2001. Prior to his position in the White House, Gonzales served as a
Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, a position he was appointed to in
1999. He also served as Texas’ Secretary of State from December 1997 to
January 1999 and was the General Counsel to Governor Bush for three
years prior to becoming Secretary of State.
Haynes William J.
II
General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense
Haynes was appointed to the position of General Counsel of the
Department of Defense by President George Bush in May 2001. He serves as
the chief legal officer of the Department of Defense and the legal
advisor to the Secretary of Defense. In 1990, the President appointed
him General Counsel of the Department of the Army, a position he held
until 1993, when he joined the law firm Jenner & Block.
Hill, James T.
(General)
Commander, U.S. Southern Command
General Hill was appointed the Commander of the U.S. Southern Command in
October 2002. Since being commissioned by the infantry after his college
graduation in 1968, Gen- eral Hill has had numerous Commanding Military
assignments. He also earned many medals and awards throughout his
military career.
Jones, Anthony R.
(Lieutenant General)
Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff U.S. Army Training and Doctrine
Command, Fort Monroe, VA
A career military man, Lieutenant General Jones became the Deputy
Commanding General and Chief of Staff for Headquarters, U.S. Army
Training and Doctrine Command, in June 2003.
Mikolashek, Paul
T. (Lieutenant General)
Commanding General, Third U.S. Army
A career military man, Lieutenant General Mikolashek became the
Commanding General of the Third U.S. Army and U.S. Army Forces Central
Command in June 2000. Prior to this position, he served as Commanding
General for U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, a position he
assumed in September 1998.
Philbin, Patrick
F.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S.
Department of Justice Philbin was appointed to the position of Deputy
Assistant Attorney General in September 2001. Prior to joining the
Justice Department, he was a partner in the Washington office of the law
firm Kirkland & Ellis.
Powell, Colin L.
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Powell was nominated to the position of Secretary of State by President
Bush in Decem- ber 2000 and was sworn in as Secretary in January 2001.
Prior to becoming Secretary of State, Powell was the chairman of
America’s Promise – The Alliance for Youth. Prior to this position, he
served as a professional soldier for 35 years. He was the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Department of Defense from October 1989
to September 1993 and Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs from December 1987 to January 1989.
Rumsfeld, Donald
F.
Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
Rumsfeld was sworn in as Secretary of Defense for the second time in
January 2001. He previously held this position from 1975 to1977, serving
under President Ford. In addition, Rumsfeld served as White House Chief
of Staff from 1974 to 1975, U.S. Ambassador to NATO from 1973 to 1974,
and U.S. Congressman from 1962 to 1969. From 1977 to 2000, he worked in
the private sector, during which time he was chief executive officer of
two Fortune 500 companies.
Sanchez, Richardo
S. (Lieutenant General)
Former Commander of Joint Task Force 7
A career military man, Lt. Gen. Sanchez was the commander of Combined
Joint Task Force 7 and the senior military official in Iraq until July
2004. In July 2001, Lt. Gen. Sanchez became commanding general of V
Corps’ 1st Armored Division. He held that position for nearly two years
before assuming command of the V Corps on June 14, 2003.
Schlesinger,
James R.
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Schlesinger served as Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975. He
currently is a Consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as
a Commissioner on the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st
Century/Hart-Rudman Commission and a member of the Homeland Security
Advisory Council. Schlesinger’s prior positions include Secretary of
Energy (1977– 79), Assistant to the President (1977), Director of the
C.I.A. (1973), and Director of Strategic Studies (1967–69), and Senior
Staff Member (1963–67), at the RAND Corporation.
Taft William H.
IV
Legal Advisor, Office of the Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State
Taft was appointed as the Legal Advisor to the Secretary of State in
April 2001. Prior to this position, Taft was a litigation partner in the
law firm Fried Franks, which he joined in 1992. From 1989 to 1992, he
served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO. He was the Deputy
Secretary of Defense from January 1984 to April 1989 and Acting
Secretary of Defense from January to March 1989. He also served as
General Counsel for the Department of Defense from 1981 to 1984.
Taguba, Antonio
M. (Major General)
U.S. Army Commander
A career military man, Major General Taguba is currently Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for readiness, training, and mobilization
in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs.
Taguba was reassigned to this position, after serving as Deputy
Commanding General, Third U.S. Army, U.S. Army Forces Central Command,
and Coalition Forces Land Component Command. He previously was the
Acting Director of the Army Staff, Headquarters, Department of the Army,
The Pentagon.
Yoo, John C.
Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California,
Berkeley/Former
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S.
Department of Justice Yoo served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General
from 2001 to 2003. Prior to this position, he served as General Counsel
of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 1996. He has been a
member of the Boalt faculty since 1993 and clerked for Justice Clarence
Thomas on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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