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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Missouri; Minority Leader
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Chair of the Republican National Committee; Chair of the Virginia Republican Party; Counselor to the President
Cofounder, Goddard-Claussen
White House Counsel; Attorney General
Personal Assistant to the President
General counsel of the Department of Defense; Deputy Attorney General
White House Counsel
Media Consultant
Senator, New Hampshire
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Special Assistant to the President; National Security Council Staff’s Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs
Stephen Hadley: Deputy National Security Advisor; National Security Advisor
Judy Ansley: Senior Director for Europe; Deputy National Security Advisor for Regional Programs
J.D. Crouch: Deputy National Security Advisor
Judy Ansley: Senior Director for Europe; Deputy National Security Advisor for Regional Programs
J.D. Crouch: Deputy National Security Advisor
Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Campaign Advisor
Assistant to the President for Policy Development; Deputy OMB Director
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
President of Czechoslovakia; President of the Czech Republic
Director of the National Security Agency; Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Deputy Director of the National Economic Council; Director of the National Economic Council
John Hilley: Director of Legislative Affairs; Lawrence Stein: Director of Legislative Affairs
United States Trade Representative
White House Physician
Director, Office of Presidential Personnel
Jennings: Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy; Lambrew: associate director at the Office of Management and Budget; senior health analyst at the National Economic Council
Commander of the Pacific Fleet; Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel; Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Advisor; White House Chief of Staff
Chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability; Advisor to the President on Inflation
Senior Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore
U.S. Trade Representative; Secretary of Commerce
Deputy in the Presidential Personnel Office
Personal Assistant to the President
Chief Speechwriter
Special Assistant to the President (NSC); Special Envoy to Afghanistan; United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations
Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison; Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
President of South Korea
Advisor; Close Friend to President Carter
Secretary of Commerce
Deputy Director for the Presidential Transition; Chairman of Clinton-Gore 1996 Reelection Committee
Personal Aide to the President
Chief Speechwriter
National Security Advisor
National Security Advisor
Campaign Advisor; Office of Management and Budget Director
Senator, Nevada
General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy ; Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea
White House Press Secretary
Director of Operations for United States Central Command (CENTCOM); Director of Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania
Secretary of Labor
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Special Trade Representative; Director of the White House Staff
Assistant to the President for Speechwriting
Office of Management and Budget Director
White House Chief of Staff
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White House Staff Secretary; Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; White House Counsel
White House Counsel
Director, Office of Management and Budget
Secretary of Transportation
Senator, Maine
Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Counsel; Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Attorney General
White House Press Secretary
Al Gore's 1992 Campaign Manager; Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Deputy White House Chief of Staff
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Director of National Intelligence; U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Assistant to the President for Political Affairs
White House Counsel
White House Counsel
Attorney for George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore; U.S. Solicitor General
Personal Assistant to Reagan
Commander in Chief of the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM); Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Secretary of the Treasury
Deputy Secretary of Defense; Secretary of Defense
Ambassador to the United Nations; Ambassador to India
Deputy Assistant to the President for Policy Planning
Deputy Assistant to the President; Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Ambassador to Ukraine
Colin L. Powell: Secretary of State
Richard L. Armitage: Deputy Secretary of State
Richard L. Armitage: Deputy Secretary of State
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
White House Press Secretary
Vice President of the United States
White House Communications Director
Domestic Policy Advisor
Domestic Policy Advisor
Attorney General
Condoleezza Rice: National Security Advisor; Secretary of State
Stephen Hadley: Deputy National Security Advisor; National Security Advisor
Stephen Hadley: Deputy National Security Advisor; National Security Advisor
Secretary of Education
Director of Office of Management and Budget
Governor of Virginia (1982-1986); U.S. Senator
Assistant to the President; Ambassador to Iceland
State Department’s Director of Policy Planning
Middle East Envoy
Senior Advisor to the President; White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy