Who Is The Bush Administration?

midwinter · March 22, 2004 11:05PM

As I noted in another thread, all day today I've been thinking about the vagueness of the term "the Bush Administration." Who are these people? Who are the cabinet officers? Who are the advisors? Can we compile a brief bio of each?

I thought this might make an interesting cooperative research project.

Cheers

Scott

ganondorf · March 22, 2004 11:06PM

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove, etc.

superkarate monkeydeathcar · March 22, 2004 11:08PM

maybe we should create a deck of cards.

alcimedes · March 22, 2004 11:10PM

The Bush Administration is the new "they".

naderfan · March 22, 2004 11:11PM

They are The Man.

midwinter · March 22, 2004 11:11PM

GW Bush, President. (do we really need to do anything with him?)

Dick Cheney, VP: (source)

Chief of Staff under Ford. Numerous positions under Nixon. House Rep from Wyoming. Sec. of Defense under Bush I. Former CEO Halliburton.

faust9 · March 22, 2004 11:14PM

Secretary of State- Collin Powell

Secretary of Defense-Donald Rummesfeld

Secretary of Transportation-Norman Mineta

Attorney General-John Ashcroft

Secretary of Education-Rod Paige

Secretary of Energy-Spencer Abraham

Secretary of Treasure-John Snow

Sec of Health and Humans Services-Tommy Thompson

Dept of Homeland Sec-Tom Ridge

These are the one I know off the top of my head.

midwinter · March 22, 2004 11:15PM

Quote:

Originally posted by faust9

Secretary of State- Collin Powell

Secretary of Defense-Donald Rummesfeld

Secretary of Transportation-Norman Mineta

Attorney General-John Ashcroft

Secretary of Education-Rod Paige

Secretary of Energy-Spencer Abraham

Secretary of Treasure-John Snow

Sec of Health and Humans Services-Tommy Thompson

Dept of Homeland Sec-Tom Ridge

These are the one I know off the top of my head.

Cool. We need the deputies, as well, I think.

giant · March 22, 2004 11:26PM

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Listing of Bush Administration National Security Officials

National Security Council

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[Condoleezza Rice Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Stephen Hadley Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Frances Fragos Townsend National Director for Combating Terrorism

Franklin Miller Senior Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control

Robert Joseph Senior Director for Proliferation Strategy, Counterproliferation and Homeland Defense

Faryar Shirzad Senior Director for International Economic Affairs

Shirin Tahir-Kheli Senior Director for Democracy, Human Rights and International Operations

Mary K. Sturtevant Senior Director for Intelligence Programs

Daniel Fried Senior Director for European and Eurasian Affairs

Elliott Abrams Senior Director for Near East, Southwest Asian and North African Affairs

James F. Moriarty Senior Director for Asian Affairs

Thomas A. Shannon Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs

Jendayi E. Frazer Senior Director for African Affairs]

http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/nsc.htm

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White House Office of Legislative Affairs

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Nick Calio - Director

Jack Howard - Deputy Director congressional liaison

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Department of Defense

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Donald Rumsfeld - Secretary of Defense

Paul Wolfowitz - Deputy Secretary of Defense

Steven Cambone - Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Dov Zakheim - Comptroller

Marc Thiessen - speech writer for Rumsfeld

Pete Aldridge -Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology

Victoria "Torie" Clarke - Assistant secretary for public affairs.

Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge Jr.- Undersecretary of defense for acquisition,

technology and logistics

Douglas J. Feith - Undersecretary of defense for policy

Jack Dyer Crouch II - Assistant secretary of defense for international

security policy

William James Hayness - Pentagon general counsel

Thomas Christie -Director of Operational Test and Evaluation

Powell A. Moore - Assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs

Charles S. Abell - Assistant secretary of defense for force management

David S.C. Chu - Undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness

Peter Rodman - Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs

William J. Haynes II - General Counsel of the Department of Defense,

Gordon R. England - Secretary of the Navy.

James G. Roche - Secretary of the Air Force

Thomas E. White - Secretary of the Army

Diane Morales - Deputy undersecretary of defense for logistics

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Department of State

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Colin Powell - Secretary of State

Richard Armitage - Deputy Secretary of State

Richard Haass - Policy Planning

Marc Grossman - Under Secretary for Political Affairs

John Bolton - Undersecretary of State for Arms Control, Non-Proliferation

and International Security

Ruth A. Davis - Director General of the Foreign Service

William Howard Taft IV - Legal Adviser

Grant Green - Under Secretary of State for Management

Paula J. Dobriansky - Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs

William Burns - Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East.

Otto Reich - Assistant Secretary for Latin American Affairs

Walter H. Kansteiner - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

A. Elizabeth Jones - Assistant Secretary of State for European matters

Christina B. Rocca - Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs,

Charlotte Beers - Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy

Lorne Craner - Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and

Labor

Carl W. Ford - Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research

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Office of Management and Budget

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Mitchell Daniels - Director

Sean O'Keefe - Deputy Director

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Ambassador to the United Nations

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John Negroponte

http://www.clw.org/bush/bushsecurityteam.html

midwinter · March 22, 2004 11:28PM

Quote:

Originally posted by giant

http://www.clw.org/bush/bushsecurityteam.html

Woot. Now the question is who ARE these people?

giant · March 22, 2004 11:33PM

I haven't checked this out yet, but it looks interesting:

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/charts/gwb-pnac.php

artman @_@ · March 22, 2004 11:41PM

Quote:

Originally posted by midwinter

GW Bush, President. (do we really need to do anything with him?)

Dick Cheney, VP: (source)

Chief of Staff under Ford. Numerous positions under Nixon. House Rep from Wyoming. Sec. of Defense under Bush I. Former CEO Halliburton.

Hurray. Give him a cookie...he found Waldo. This is the main man. Don't let anyone fool you. "Arbusto" is merely there for the cool money, army men, tanks, jets, pretzels and photo-ops.

giant · March 22, 2004 11:46PM

Two places to look people up:

www.wikipedia.org

www.disinfopedia.org

ganondorf · March 22, 2004 11:49PM

You guys forgot someone:

giant · March 22, 2004 11:54PM

You said it, not me.

In cheney's office:

Scooter Libby

John Hannah

(these two are also the focus of the Plame investigation)

BTW: that's a great picture

greginmex · March 22, 2004 11:56PM

There was a nice article in the last (or at least a recent) Atlantic about Rumsfeld and Cheney and their planning for nuclear war during the Reagan admin.

Sort of gets at what you are after.

midwinter · March 23, 2004 12:09AM

Quote:

Originally posted by GregInMex

There was a nice article in the last (or at least a recent) Atlantic about Rumsfeld and Cheney and their planning for nuclear war during the Reagan admin.

Sort of gets at what you are after.

Here's the story Greg is referencing: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2004/03/mann.htm

orange whip · March 23, 2004 5:08AM

Quote:

Originally posted by midwinter

Woot. Now the question is who ARE these people?

Who are these people?.... ...mostly a bunch of nutters who have scant regard for anyone who gets in their way

Who Is The Bush Administration?

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