John A. Gordon

John Gordon
United States Homeland Security Advisor
In office
April 30, 2003  May 28, 2004
President George W. Bush
Preceded by Tom Ridge
Succeeded by Fran Townsend
Undersecretary of Energy for Nuclear Security
In office
June 29, 2000  June 27, 2002
President Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Linton Brooks
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
In office
October 31, 1997  June 29, 2000
President Bill Clinton
Preceded by George Tenet
Succeeded by John McLaughlin
Personal details
Born (1946-08-22) August 22, 1946
Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Alma mater University of Missouri, Columbia
Naval Postgraduate School
New Mexico Highlands University
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Air Force
Years of service 1968–2000
Rank General
Commands 90th Strategic Missile Wing
Awards Legion of Merit

General John Alexander Gordon (born August 22, 1946) was Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He served as the President's Homeland Security advisor from 2003 to 2004.[1]

Gordon entered the Air Force through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1968. His early assignments were in research, development and acquisition where he was involved in improving the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and in developing and acquiring the Peacekeeper ICBM. He was a long-range planner at Strategic Air Command and served with the U.S. State Department in the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs. Later, he commanded the 90th Strategic Missile Wing, the only Peacekeeper ICBM unit. He has served with the National Security Council in the areas of defense and arms control, including the oversight and completion of the START II negotiations. He then became a senior member of the secretary of defense's staff and later, the director of operations, Air Force Space Command, responsible for overseeing and developing policy and guidance for the command's operational missions. He also has served as special assistant to the Air Force chief of staff for long-range planning, where he was responsible for restarting and integrating a long-range planning process into the Air Force. Prior to assuming the deputy director position, he was associate director of central intelligence for military support, Central Intelligence Agency. He retired from the Air Force on August 1, 2000.

Post military career

Following his Air Force retirement, Gordon was chosen as the first administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and also Under Secretary of Energy, responsible for the U.S. nuclear weapons program, a position he filled from June 2000 to June 2002.[2] He next served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, then assumed duties as Homeland Security Advisor from June 2003 to June 2004.[1] On September 16, 2004, he was inducted into the Naval Postgraduate School Hall of Fame.[3] In October, 2005 John A. Gordon, US Air Force, retired, former Homeland Security Advisor to the White House, and member of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age was appointed to the VirtualAgility, Inc. Board of Advisors. Gordon joined the board of EDO Corporation in early 2007,[4] and also serves on the Board of Trustees of Analytic Services, Inc.[2]

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References

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Government offices
Preceded by
George Tenet
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1997–2000
Succeeded by
John McLaughlin
Political offices
New office Undersecretary of Energy for Nuclear Security
2000–2002
Succeeded by
Linton Brooks
Preceded by
Tom Ridge
United States Homeland Security Advisor
2003–2004
Succeeded by
Fran Townsend
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