And Oliver North was really a good soldier, up to the last moment, shoving memos into the shredder and defending the policy to the end.
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The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency.
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| Birth: | 4th April, 1931 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Navy Admiral |
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Bobby Ray Inman was born in Rhonesboro, Texas. He is a retired United States admiral who held several influential positions in the U.S. Intelligence Community. He served as Director of Naval Intelligence from September 1974 to July 1976, then moved to the Defense Intelligence Agency where he served as Vice Director until 1977. He next became the Director of the National Security Agency. Inman held this post until 1981. His last major position was as the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, a post he held from February 12, 1981 to June 10, 1982. Admiral Inman also served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 1987 through 1990. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Massey Energy Company and of several privately held companies. He serves as a Trustee of the American Assembly and the California Institute of Technology. He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. President Clinton nominated him as Secretary of Defense, but he withdrew his nomination. Inman graduated from Texas with a bachelor's in history in 1950.
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