James R. Clapper
James Robert "Jim" Clapper Jr.[1] (born March 14, 1941)[2][3] is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and is the former Director of National Intelligence.
He served as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) from 1992 until 1995. He was the first Director of Defense Intelligence within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and simultaneously the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.[4] Clapper has held several key positions within the United States Intelligence Community. He served as the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) from September 2001 until June 2006.
On June 5, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Clapper to replace Dennis C. Blair as United States Director of National Intelligence. Clapper was unanimously confirmed by the Senate for the position on August 5, 2010.
James R. Clapper Media
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Captain James Clapper during his flying mission on a Douglas EC-47 Skytrain during the Vietnam War, June 1971
Clapper as a USAF lieutenant general in the mid-1990s
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Lieutenant General James Clapper during his tenure as Director of Defense Intelligence Agency with Director of Central Intelligence Agency Robert Gates at Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters in Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC, January 17, 1992
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Clapper and Barack Obama presented the NIDSM to James L. Jones, October 20, 2010.
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Clapper and Senator John McCain listen as Defense Secretary Gates addresses the audience, June 4, 2011.
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Clapper meets with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and DIA chief Ronald Burgess, September 29, 2011.
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Excerpt of James Clapper's testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, shares a laugh with other guests before a retirement ceremony for U.S. Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander March 28, 2014, at the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort George 140328-D-EV637-372.jpg
Clapper and NSA director Keith B. Alexander (left) were both accused of lying under oath to Congress.
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President Obama and Joe Biden meet Clapper, Rice, Brennan and other members of the National Security Council, September 10, 2014.
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Clapper at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2016
References
- ↑ United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services (2008). Nominations before the Senate Armed Services Committee, first session, 110th Congress. U.S. G.P.O. ISBN 9780160811272. Retrieved 2012-11-14.[dead link]
- ↑ "Will Attend Christening". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 1941-03-23. Retrieved 2012-11-14.[dead link](subscription needed)
- ↑ "General Clapper Nominated DNI Chief". Rttnews.com. 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- ↑ ""Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence to be Dual-hatted as Director of Defense Intelligence," DNI News Release, May 24, 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-03-13.