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Stephen Hadley
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Hadley in 1989
20th United States National Security Advisor
In office
January 26, 2005 –January 20, 2009
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Hadley (right) discussing the 2006 Israel–Lebanon crisis with Bush and Rice

On January 26, 2005, he replaced Condoleezza Rice as National Security Advisor, upon Rice's confirmation as Secretary of State. In that capacity he was the principal White House foreign policy advisor to President Bush, directed the National Security Council staff, and ran the interagency national security policy development and execution process. [6]

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Hadley conferring with President Bush in 2007

Hadley played a significant role during the critical phase of the Iraq War, including the controversial 2007 "surge" strategy, which increased U.S. troop levels to combat rising insurgency and stabilize the country. He helped manage the transition from large-scale military operations to more focused counterinsurgency efforts. In 2007 Hadley led a public media campaign in an effort to convince the public that the proposed Iraq surge would work. [13]

Hadley was known for avoiding focused public attention. [14] In a 2006 profile, The Washington Post described Hadley as "a modest man in an immodest job. In a town populated by people nursing grandiose views of their own importance and scheming for greater glory, Hadley still thinks of himself as a staff man. He sits at the pinnacle of power, but articulates no sweeping personal vision of the world and has made a point of staying in the shadows." [5]

In his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid , former president Jimmy Carter recounts that Hadley, in his capacity as national security adviser (Carter calls him by title rather than by name) personally denied Carter permission to visit Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in early 2005, in the wake of the administration's decision to isolate the regime, due its "differences with Syria concerning U.S. policy in Iraq". [15]

He helped steer negotiations with North Korea through the Six-Party Talks, aiming to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. [16]

Later career

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Hadley at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2016

Beginning in 2009, Hadley served as senior adviser for international affairs at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. [17] On January 24, 2014, he was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace. [18] On September 11, 2018, USIP-based Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States, of which Hadley is a member, [18] produced the report "Beyond the Homeland: Protecting America from Extremism in Fragile States, [18] "which warns that the United States urgently needs a new approach to stem the spread of violent extremism and previews a comprehensive preventative strategy that focuses on strengthening resilience against extremism in fragile states." [18] Hadley widely promoted the Interim Report in the media, including with United States Institute of Peace president Nancy Lindborg on the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' podcast "Foreign Podicy" hosted by Clifford May. [18] [19]

Hadley is a co-founder and principal, along with Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates and Anja Manuel, in Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel, a strategic consulting firm. [20]

In 2013, Hadley was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case. [21]

In March 2013, on the ten year anniversary, Hadley gave his views on what had gone wrong and what had been redeemed in terms of the Iraq War. [22]

During the Syrian chemical weapons crisis in September 2013, Hadley appeared on Bloomberg Television, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and also wrote an op-ed piece for The Washington Post in which he advocated attacking Syria with missiles. At the time, Hadley was a director at Raytheon and owned 11,477 shares of stock, but the news organizations failed to disclose the link and conflict of interest. [23] [24]

Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco, CENTCOM Commander Army General Lloyd Austin, and former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley chat at King Khaled International Airport, as they await President Obama's arrival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 27, 2015, to extend condolences to the late King Abdullah and call upon and meet with the new King Salman. Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco, CENTCOM Commander Army General Lloyd Austin, and former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley in Riyadh.jpg
Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco, CENTCOM Commander Army General Lloyd Austin, and former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley chat at King Khaled International Airport, as they await President Obama's arrival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 27, 2015, to extend condolences to the late King Abdullah and call upon and meet with the new King Salman.

Hadley was initially floated as a potential option for Secretary of Defense in the first Trump administration. [25] In this as well as for other positions, it was thought his process knowledge could be beneficial. [26] Instead, in late 2016 he collaborated with Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on a plan for a new course in America's approach to the Middle East. [27]

Hadley is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. [28] He has been a member of the Defense Policy Board, the Foreign Affairs Policy Board, the National Security Advisory Panel to the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Board of Trustees of Analytical Services ("ANSER").

Hadley is also an Executive Vice Chair on the Board of Directors at the Atlantic Council [29] and is on the Board of Directors at defense contractor Raytheon. [30]

On January 14, 2024, a U.S. delegation composed of Hadley and James Steinberg arrived in Taipei in the aftermath of Taiwan's 2024 presidential election. [31]

Personal life

Hadley lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife Ann, a Justice Department lawyer. They have two daughters.

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References

This article incorporates text from Stephen Hadley's National Security Council biography, which, as a work of the U.S. government, is in the public domain

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  28. ↑ "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations.
  29. ↑ "Board of Directors". Atlantic Council. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
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