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Mr. James R. Clapper Jr. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence |
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James R. Clapper Jr. was
confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence on April 11, 2007. He is the principal staff assistant and
advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense regarding
intelligence, counterintelligence and security matters. He is also
dual-hatted as the Director of Defense Intelligence and reports directly to
the Director of National Intelligence as his principal advisor regarding
defense intelligence matters. Prior
to his appointment as director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency in
September 2001, he worked in industry for six years as an executive in three
successive companies. His business
focus was on the intelligence community. Mr. Clapper's
last military assignment was as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. His earlier assignments included a variety
of intelligence-related positions such as assistant chief of staff,
intelligence, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, during Operations Desert
Shield/Desert Storm, and as director of intelligence for three war-fighting
commands: U.S. Forces, Mr. Clapper
has served as a consultant and advisor to Congress and the Departments of
Defense and Energy, and as a member of a wide variety of government panels,
boards, commissions and advisory groups. He was a member of the Downing Assessment
Task Force that investigated the He
earned a bachelor's degree in government and politics from the His
awards include three National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medals, the
Defense Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Force
Distinguished Service Medal, the Coast Guard’s Distinguished Public Service
Award, the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award and a
host of other
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