Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. was the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and the White House chief of staff under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to these cabinet-level positions,he retired as a general from the United States Army,having been Supreme Allied Commander Europe after serving as the vice chief of staff of the Army. In 1973,he became the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army's history.
The White House chief of staff position is the successor to the earlier role of the secretary to the president of the United States. The role was formalized as the assistant to the president in 1946 and acquired its current title in 1961. The current official title is assistant to the president and chief of staff.
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,also known as the 9/11 Commission,was set up on November 27,2002,"to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks",including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The commission was also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.
Peter Pace is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pace was the first Marine officer appointed as chairman,and the first Marine officer to be appointed to three different four-star assignments;the others as the sixth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1,2001,to August 12,2005,and as Commander-in-Chief,U.S. Southern Command from September 8,2000,to September 30,2001. Appointed chairman by President George W. Bush,Pace succeeded U.S. Air Force General Richard Myers on September 30,2005.
Fred Fisher Fielding is an American lawyer. He held the office of White House Counsel for US Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush in addition to serving as an Associate and Deputy White House Counsel for Richard Nixon under John Dean. Fielding was also of counsel to the presidential transition of Donald Trump and a member of the 9/11 Commission. An alumnus of Gettysburg College,he is the namesake of that school's Fielding Center for Presidential Leadership Study.
Richard Henry Carmona is an American physician,nurse,police officer,public health administrator,and politician. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the seventeenth Surgeon General of the United States. Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002,Carmona left office at the end of July 2006 upon the expiration of his term. After leaving office,Carmona was highly critical of the Bush administration for suppressing scientific findings which conflicted with the Administration's ideological agenda.
The White House Military Office (WHMO) is a department within the White House Office that provides military support for White House functions,including food service,presidential transportation,medical support,emergency medical services and hospitality services. The White House Military Office is headed by the White House Military Office Director.
The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB)—formerly known as the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB),and originally as the State,War,and Navy Building—is a U.S. government building situated just west of the White House in the U.S. capital of Washington,D.C. Maintained by the General Services Administration,it is currently occupied by the Executive Office of the President,including the Office of the Vice President of the United States. In 1999,it was named for former president and general Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Carl Joseph Truscott is a security expert and was the sixth Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives in the United States Department of Justice under George W. Bush,a position he held from 2004 to 2006.
Counselor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States and senior members of the White House Office.
Eleanor Concepcion "Connie" Mariano,is a Filipina American physician and retired flag officer in the United States Navy. She is the first Filipino American and graduate of the Uniformed Services University of Medicine to reach the rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy as well as the second woman to become Physician to the President,a position that placed her as director of the White House Medical Unit.
James Wilson Holsinger Jr.,is an American physician. A former major general in the U.S. Army Reserve,he has worked primarily in public health for over thirty years. He served as the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health from 1990 to 1993,during the administrations of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. From 1994 to 2003,Holsinger was the Chancellor of the University of Kentucky's Chandler Medical Center. From 2003 to 2005 he served as Kentucky's Secretary of Health and Family Services.
James Benjamin Peake was the sixth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs,serving from 2007 to 2009. In 2004,he retired from a 38-year United States Army career. He also served as the 40th Surgeon General of the United States Army.
The White House Medical Unit (WHMU) is a unit of the White House Military Office and is responsible for the medical needs of White House staff and visitors. The unit also provides medical care to the President,the Vice President,their families,and international dignitaries visiting the White House.
The White House Doctor:My Patients Were Presidents –A Memoir is a book authored by Connie Mariano,the first military woman in the history of the United States to be appointed as Physician to the President,the first female director of the medical unit of the White House,and the first Filipino-American to become a rear admiral in the US Navy. With a foreword from Bill Clinton,the autobiographical book takes a look at the personal lives of three American Presidents and three American First Ladies she had taken care of while working as a White House physician. It was described as a "fascinating look into what goes on behind closed doors at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue".
The Physician to the President is the formal and official title of the physician who is director of the White House Medical Unit,a unit of the White House Military Office responsible for the medical needs of the President of the United States,Vice President,White House staff,and visitors. The Physician to the President is also the Chief White House Physician.
Command Group,"CG",founded as Command Consulting Group,is an international security and intelligence consulting firm,founded in 2009,headquartered in Washington,D.C.,United States. CG provides advisory services for governments,corporations,and high net worth individuals.
Burton James Lee III was a physician and oncologist who is best known for having been Physician to the President under President George H. W. Bush and (briefly) Bill Clinton. He also served on the President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic.
Ronny Lynn Jackson is an American physician,Republican politician,and retired United States Navy rear admiral who is the U.S. representative for Texas's 13th congressional district.
Ross T. McIntire was an American physician and United States Navy officer. An otolaryngologist,he was appointed physician to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933,becoming the first Physician to the President with a board-certified speciality. In 1938,he became the Surgeon General of the United States Navy,overseeing a major expansion of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery during World War II. Following his retirement from the Navy with the rank of vice admiral,he held many senior positions in medical institutions,including Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped.
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