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Robert James Woolsey, Jr.
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Robert James Woolsey, Jr.

Robert James Woolsey, Jr. (born September 21, 1941) is a foreign policy specialist and former Director of Central Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency (1993-1995).


Woolsey was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1941 where he attended public school. In 1963 he received his BA from Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa), and in 1965 his MA from Oxford University—where he was a Rhodes Scholar—and an LLB from Yale Law School in 1968.


Woolsey has served in the U.S. government as:

He is currently chairman of the Freedom House board of trustees, trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Vice President at Booz Allen & Hamilton for Global Strategic Security, and a partner at the law firm of Shea & Gardner.


He is also a member of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and was one of the signatories to the January 26, 1998, PNAC Letter (http://www.theindyvoice.com/index.blog?entry_id=417960) sent to President Clinton.


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Preceded by:
Robert M. Gates
Director of the C.I.A. Succeeded by:
John M. Deutch

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Online NewsHour: James Woolsey Bio --1998 (409 words)
James Woolsey is a partner at the law fire of Shea & Gardner in Washington, D.C. He returned to the firm in January 1995 after serving for two years as Director of Central Intelligence.
Woolsey was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1941.
Woolsey is a frequent contributor to major publications, and from time to time gives public speeches, on the subjects of foreign affairs, defense, energy, and intelligence.
James Woolsey (961 words)
James Woolsey, former CIA boss and influential adviser to President George Bush, is a director of a US firm aiming to make millions of dollars from the 'war on terror', The Observer can reveal.
Woolsey, one of the most high-profile hawks in the war against Iraq and a key member of the Pentagon's Defence Policy Board, is a director of the Washington-based private equity firm Paladin Capital.
Woolsey is a controversial figure, principally for his proximity to those who harbour fervent ideological commitment to unchallenged US power in the region and the world.
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