John Agresto is a U.S. educational administrator in private and public service. After serving as a deputy head of the National Endowment for the Humanities in the 1980s, he became president of St. John's College in Santa Fe. At the NEH, he worked with William Bennett and Lynne Cheney. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Pub. ... St. ... Santa Fe (Spanish for holy faith) or Santa Fé (Portuguese) is the name of a number of places in the world: United States of America: Santa Fe, the state capital of New Mexico Santa Fe, Florida Santa Fe, Missouri Santa Fe, Tennessee Santa Fe, Texas Rancho Santa Fe, California It... William Bennett on NBCs Meet the Press William John Bennett (born July 31, 1943) is an American conservative pundit and politician. ... Lynne Ann Vincent Cheney (born August 14, 1941) is a novelist, conservative scholar, and former talk-show host who is the wife of Vice President Richard B. Cheney. ...

After his retirement from St. John´s and the 2003 Iraq invasion, Agresto worked with the Coalition Provisional Authority to revive the Iraqi higher education system. He reportedly found it in utter disarray and faced serious obstacles due to looting of supplies in schools immediately after the invasion. The Seal of the CPA in Iraq The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) was established as a transitional government following the invasion of Iraq by the United States, United Kingdom and the other members of the multinational coalition which was formed to oust the government of Saddam Hussein in 2003. ... Looting (which derives via the Hindi lut from Sanskrit lunt, to rob), sacking, or plundering is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe or riot, such as during war [1], natural disaster [2], rioting [3], or terrorist attack...

According to the Washington Post, Agresto describes himself as a "neoconservative who has been mugged by reality." ... Neoconservatism describes several distinct political ideologies which are considered new forms of conservatism. ... Look up Mugging in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Reality in everyday usage means the state of things as they actually exist. ...

He received a Ph.D. in government from Cornell University. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and in Education City, Qatar. ...