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Last update: January 16, 2008 - 8:53 PM

• Maj. Gen., U.S. Air Force, 1972-2006, ret. 2006

• NTSB member since 2003, chairman since 2005.

• Director, White House Military Office, 2001-2002

• V.P. Electronic Industries Alliance, 1977-1999

• Account Exec., Daniel Edelman Public Relations, 1973-'75

• Deputy Director, Radio and TV, Committee To Re-elect the President (Nixon), 1972

Education

• BA, University of Maryland, 1969

• Entered the Air Force in 1969 through ROTC program; Graduate of the Air Command and Staff College and the Air War College.

Presidential campaigns

Campaign to elect Reagan/Bush, 1980, 1984; Bush/Quayle, 1988, 1992; Dole/Kemp, 1996; Bush/Cheney, 2000.

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