James R. Clapper

James R. Clapper
James R. Clapper
4th Director of National Intelligence
	In office; August 9, 2010 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Stephanie O'Sullivan
Preceded by	Dennis C. Blair
Succeeded by	Dan Coats
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
	In office; April 15, 2007 – June 5, 2010
President	George W. Bush; Barack Obama
Preceded by	Stephen Cambone
Succeeded by	Michael Vickers
Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
	In office; September 2001 – June 2006
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	James C. King
Succeeded by	Robert Murrett
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
	In office; November 1991 – August 1995
President	George H. W. Bush; Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Dennis Nagy (Acting)
Succeeded by	Kenneth Minihan
Personal details
Born	James Robert Clapper Jr.; March 14, 1941; Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Education	University of Maryland, College Park (BS); St. Mary's University, Texas (MA)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Air Force
Years of service	1963–1995
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Vietnam War
Awards	Legion of Merit (3); Bronze Star (2); Air Medal (2)

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.

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.
"Will Attend Christening". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 1941-03-23. Retrieved 2012-11-14.(subscription required)
"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.

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[1] 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.

[2] "Will Attend Christening". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 1941-03-23. Retrieved 2012-11-14.(subscription required)

[3] "General Clapper Nominated DNI Chief". Rttnews.com. 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2012-11-14.

[4] ""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.