Rudy de Leon

1. "Biographical and Financial Information Requested of Nominees". Hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate. Vol. 4. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 2001. pp. 59–60. ISBN   9780160657146 . Retrieved 2021-03-21.
2. "Citizen K Street: How Lobbying Became Washington's Biggest Business -- Cast of Characters: Here are some key figures in the 30-year story of Cassidy & Associates, one of the most powerful lobbying firms in Washington". Washington Post. 2007. Retrieved 2011-02-08. Rudy De Leon, longtime aide to former Rep. Les Aspin (D-Wis.), deputy secretary of defense in the Clinton administration and head of the Washington office of the Boeing Corp., which employed Cassidy & Associates.
3. Glenn Kessler (2007-12-27). "The Fact Checker: The Truth Behind the Rhetoric". Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 18, 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-08. Other foreign policy "advisers" -- Clinton Advisers -- Rudy De Leon, Deputy defense secretary
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
5. "Deputy at Defense Is Leaving Office". The New York Times. January 11, 2000. Retrieved 2011-02-08. Pentagon officials said Mr. Clinton was expected to nominate Rudy De Leon, the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, to take over the second-highest civilian defense position for what remains of the president's term. Like Dr. Hamre, Mr. De Leon arrived at the Pentagon in 1993 in Mr. Aspin's short tenure and stayed on.
6. Rudy de Leon-Center for American Progress
7. Art, Robert (September 1, 2015). "From the Director: September, 2015". MIT Seminar XXI. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Find Alumni". MIT Seminar XXI. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
8. ERIC SCHMITT (July 14, 1993). "Aspin Reported To Have Settled On Gay Policy". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-02-08. Mr. Sheridan said he and Ms. Feld blum, the group's legal director, met with Rudy de Leon, a top aide to Mr. Aspin who has been brokering the delicate negotiations, and Jamie Gorelick, the Pentagon's general counsel.
9. ERIC SCHMITT (April 16, 1993). "Pentagon Speeds Plan to Lift Gay Ban". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-02-08. Under the direction of a senior aide to Mr. Aspin, Rudy de Leon, top civilian Pentagon officials are seeking to write an executive order by July 15 that meets President Clinton's goal to end discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and that is acceptable to Congress and the armed forces. 'Practical Resolution'
10. "Vietnam Unknown's Medal to Stay With Tomb". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. August 23, 1998. Retrieved 2011-02-08. ST. LOUIS — The Medal of Honor that hung on the Tomb of the Unknowns for 14 years while Air Force Lt. Michael J. Blassie was buried there will not join him at his new burial place. Relatives of the Vietnam War casualty, whose remains were identified and moved this summer to a national cemetery near his home, were told by Undersecretary of Defense Rudy de Leon that their request for the medal had been denied.
11. ELAINE SCIOLINO (July 13, 2000). "Anthrax Vaccination Program Is Failing, Pentagon Admits". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-02-08. Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy de Leon called the anthrax threat immediate, real and constant.
12. PETER PAE (January 7, 2001). "Military Is Sold on Unmanned Spy Plane". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved 2011-02-08. Last week, the argument appears to have in part swayed Deputy Defense Secretary Rudy de Leon to scuttle Air Force's request to add $1 billion over the next five years to speed up production of the aircraft. De Leon cited budget constraints but he was also troubled by lack of consensus among some commanders who advocated a cautious approach to the plane's development.

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Rudy de Leon
27th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
In office March 31, 2000 –March 1, 2001

Government offices
Preceded by Anne N. Foreman	Under Secretary of the Air Force 1994–1997	Succeeded by F. Whitten Peters
Preceded by Edwin Dornv	Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 1997–2000	Succeeded by Bernard D. Rostker
Preceded by John Hamre	United States Deputy Secretary of Defense 2000–2001	Succeeded by Paul Wolfowitz