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		Sketches Ashcroft, JohnAttorney 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, TimothyFormer 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 IIIFormer 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. 
		IIGeneral 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. 
		IVLegal 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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