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- As head of the CIA, secretary of defense, and the nation’s first secretary of energy, the rugged, pipe-smoking Schlesinger earned a reputation as an effective infighter who could implement unpopular policies with little concern for how others viewed him.
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James Rodney Schlesinger (February 15, 1929 – March 27, 2014) was an American economist and public servant who was best known for serving as Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
When Jimmy Carter became president in January 1977 he appointed Schlesinger, a Republican, as his special adviser on energy and subsequently as the first head of the new Department of Energy in...
Mar 27, 2014 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Onetime economics professor and longtime nuclear strategist James R. Schlesinger was a political man for all seasons, holding a long string of Cabinet and other high-level posts through three administrations. He was hired — and dismissed — by presidents of both parties.
Mar 27, 2014 · James R. Schlesinger, who served three presidents from both parties in top Cabinet-level posts, has died at the age of 85. The Washington Post says he died Thursday at a hospital in Baltimore...
Mar 27, 2014 · James R. Schlesinger, the hawkish and sometimes overbearingly erudite conservative whose controversial Washington career included serving as U.S. secretary of Defense under Presidents Richard...
Jan 8, 2015 · James Schlesinger, 1929–2014. The headstrong aide who served three presidents. By The Week Staff. last updated 8 January 2015. James Schlesinger was by all accounts an aloof,...
Mar 27, 2014 · James R. Schlesinger, a Republican economist who advanced rapidly to some of the highest positions of government power in the 1970s but whose abrasive leadership style led to conflicts with...
