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James Rodney Schlesinger (February 15, 1929 – March 27, 2014) was an American economist and public servant who was best known for serving as Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
Former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger was the first Secretary of Energy. As a Republican nominated by Democratic President Jimmy Carter, Schlesinger’s appointment remains the only instance of a president choosing a member of another political party for the position. Schlesinger is also the only Secretary to be dismissed from the post [4].
The report, prepared by James Schlesinger, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), was submitted to Nixon on 10 March 1971. [1] The survey was the first of the IC reform attempts to specifically address the growing technological capabilities of the IC and their impact on the collection process.
The "Schlesinger Doctrine" is the name, given by the press, to a major re-alignment of United States nuclear strike policy that was announced in January 1974 by the US Secretary of Defense, James Schlesinger.
His nomination stalled. Middendorf learned that Defense Secretary James Schlesinger had a candidate of his own he was pushing. Middendorf called on many of the senators he had supported as RNC ...
James Earl Carter, the 39th president of the United States, passed away Sunday at 100 years old. ... James Schlesinger, admitted: "There would be no lines if there were no price and allocation ...
The reports that constitute the CIA's "Family Jewels" were commissioned in 1973 by then CIA director James R. Schlesinger in response to press accounts of CIA involvement in the Watergate scandal—in particular, support to the burglars, E. Howard Hunt and James McCord, both CIA veterans. [1]
In April 1973, DCI James Schlesinger transferred the Technical Services Division of the Operations Directorate to the DS&T, where it would be renamed the Office of Technical Services (OTS). [2] Its primary focus was technical support of CIA case officers in the field, including development of exotic weapons and eavesdropping devices and ...