- James R. Clapper
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name=James R. Clapper
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caption=James R. Clapper
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allegiance= United States of America
branch=United States Air Force
serviceyears=1963-1995
rank= Lieutenant General
commands=Director,National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director,Defense Intelligence Agency
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battles=Vietnam War
awards=Legion of Merit (3)Silver Star (2)Air Medal (2)
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laterwork=Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence James R. Clapper, Jr. is a retired Lieutenant General in the
United States Air Force who was chosen bySecretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to be the secondUnder Secretary of Defense for Intelligence - USD(I). He will also be dual-hatted as the first Director of Defense Intelligence under theOffice of the Director of National Intelligence . [ [http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20070524_release.pdf "Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence to be Dual-hatted as Director of Defense Intelligence," "DNI News Release", May 24, 2007] ] Clapper has held several key positions within theUnited States Intelligence Community . He served as the Director of theNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) from September 2001 until June 2006. Prior to that assignment, he was the Director of theDefense Intelligence Agency (DIA) from 1992 until 1995.Military career
After a brief enlistment in the
United States Marine Corps Reserve, General Clapper transferred to the Air ForceReserve Officer Training Corps program. He was commissioned in 1963 as a distinguished military graduate from the University of Maryland. He commanded a signals intelligence detachment inThailand (where he flew 73 combat support missions in EC-47s), a signals intelligenceSIGINT wing atFort George G. Meade , Maryland, and the Air Force Technical Applications Center,Patrick Air Force Base , Florida. Clapper served as director of intelligence for three of the unified commands: U.S. Forces Korea, U.S. Pacific Command andStrategic Air Command . Also, he served as senior intelligence officer for the Air Force.Appointment as USD(I)
For the 2006-2007 academic year, Clapper held the position of
Georgetown University ’sIntelligence and National Security Alliance Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Intelligence. While teaching at Georgetown, PresidentGeorge W. Bush officially nominated General Clapper to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence on 29 January 2007. General Clapper was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on 11 April 2007 and was sworn into office on 13 April 2007. He is only the second person to hold this position which oversees and provides policy, program, and budgetary guidance to the defense intelligence agencies - theNational Security Agency (NSA), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and theNational Reconnaissance Office (NRO) - and also works closely with theDirector of National Intelligence (DNI).Education
*1963 Bachelor of science degree in political science, University of Maryland
*1970 Master of science degree in political science,St. Mary's University, Texas
*1973 Air Command and Staff College,Maxwell Air Force Base , Alabama
*1975 Distinguished graduate, Armed Forces Staff College,Norfolk, Virginia
*1976Air War College , Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
*1979National War College , Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
*1990 Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security,Harvard University , Massachusetts
*1990 Harvard Defense Policy Seminar,Harvard University , Massachusetts Clapper also holds an honorary doctorate in strategic intelligence from theJoint Military Intelligence College , where he taught as an adjunct professor.Major Awards and Decorations
*William Oliver Baker Award
*Defense Distinguished Service Medal
*Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
*Defense Superior Service Medal
*Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
*Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster
*Defense Meritorious Service Medal
*Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
*Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
*Joint Service Commendation Medal
*Air Force Commendation Medal
*French Order of National Merit (Commander)
*Republic of Korea Order of National Security of Merit, Chonsu Medal
*National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal References
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