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Gates was nominated, for the second time, for the post of Director of Central Intelligence by President George H. W. Bush on May 14, 1991, confirmed by the United States Senate on November 5, and sworn in on November 6, becoming the only career officer in the CIA's history (as of 2009) to rise from an entry-level CIA employee to the director of ...
George Herbert Walker Bush [a] (June 12, 1924 ... approving of the selection of Dick Cheney as running mate and the retention of George Tenet as CIA Director.
Gates served for twenty-six years in the CIA and at the National Security Council, and was director of central intelligence under President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards.
Before its current name, the CIA headquarters was formally unnamed. [3] On April 26, 1999, [4] the complex was officially named in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 for George H. W. Bush, [2] who had served as the Director of Central Intelligence for 357 days (between January 30, 1976, and January 20, 1977) and later as the 41st president of the United States.
The 41st president of the United States, former director of the CIA, and vice president for eight years under Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush died in 2018 at the age of 94.
The director reports to the director of national intelligence (DNI) and is assisted by the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DD/CIA). The director is a civilian or a general or flag officer of the United States Armed Forces [2] nominated by the president of the United States, with the recommendation from the DNI, [3] and must ...
Charles S. Whitehouse (1947), CIA Agent (1947–1956), U.S. Ambassador to Laos and Thailand in the 1970s. [3]: 174 Thomas William Ludlow Ashley (1948), US Representative from Ohio [3]: 167–72 George H. W. Bush (1948), 41st President of the United States, 11th Director of Central Intelligence , son of Prescott Bush, father of George W. Bush ...
In recent years, the conservative ... a former economic adviser to George H.W. Bush who co-founded an investment firm and has served as the U.S. ambassador to Japan. ... Director of the CIA.