Dennis Blair
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 Admiral | |
| Data i miejsce urodzenia | |
|---|---|
| Przebieg służby | |
| Lata służby | 1968–2002 |
| Siły zbrojne | |
| Stanowiska | szef United States Pacific Command |
| Główne wojny i bitwy | |
| Późniejsza praca | dyrektor Wywiadu Narodowego |
| Odznaczenia | |
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Dennis Cutler Blair (ur. 4 lutego 1947 w Kittery)[1] – amerykański wojskowy i polityk, admirał United States Navy w stanie spoczynku i były dyrektor Wywiadu Narodowego.
Zarys biografii
W 1964 ukończył szkołę średnią St. Andrew's w Middletown, a cztery lata później – United States Naval Academy w Annapolis. Jako laureat Stypendium Rhodesa (Rhodes Scholarship) studiował także na Uniwersytecie Oksfordzkim, uzyskując magisterium w dziedzinie historii i rusycystyki[2].
W czasie służby w US Navy był m.in. szefem (Commander in Chief) United States Pacific Command (USPACOM), dowództwa amerykańskich sił zbrojnych rejonu Pacyfiku[3]. Pełnił służbę w Białym Domu w czasie prezydentury Jimmy'ego Cartera i Ronalda Reagana. Odszedł z czynnej służby w stopniu admirała w 2002[2].
W 2009 został powołany przez prezydenta Baracka Obamę na pierwszego dyrektora Wywiadu Narodowego. Jednakże po serii biurokratycznych potyczek złożył rezygnację 20 maja 2010[2][4].
Przypisy
- ↑ Current Biography Yearbook 2010 (rozdział Blair, Dennis C.). Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson, 2010, s. 46-50. ISBN 978-0-8242-1113-4.
- ↑ a b c NBR • Admiral Dennis C. Blair. nbr.org. [zarchiwizowane z tego adresu (2016-04-26)]. (ang.) [dostęp 2016-04-19]
- ↑ Dennis Blair, Aspen Security Forum, 2013
- ↑ Bob Woodward, Obama's Wars, Simon and Schuster, New York 2010, s. 371, Obama offered Blair the opportunity to devise a face-saving cover story, but Blair refused: „You want me to lie?”
Bibliografia
- NBR • Admiral Dennis C. Blair. nbr.org. [zarchiwizowane z tego adresu (2016-04-26)]. (ang.) [dostęp 2016-04-19]
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