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Dennis C. Blair became the nation's third Director of National Intelligence
on January 29, 2009.
Prior to retiring from the U.S. Navy in 2002, Admiral Blair served as Commander in Chief, U.S.
Pacific Command, the largest of the combatant commands. During his 34-year career, Admiral Blair served on guided missile destroyers in both
the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and commanded the Kitty Hawk Battle Group.
Ashore, he served as Director of the Joint Staff and as the first Associate
Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support at the CIA. He has also
served in budget and policy positions on the National Security Council and
several major Navy staffs.
From 2003 to 2006, Blair was President and CEO of the Institute for
Defense Analyses -- one of the nation's foremost national security analysis
centers. Most recently, he served as the John M. Shalikashvili Chair in
National Security Studies at the National Bureau of Asian Research, and the
Deputy Director of the Project on National Security Reform, an organization
that analyzes the U.S. national security structure and develops
recommendations to improve its effectiveness.
A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Blair earned a master's degree
in History and Languages from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and
served as a White House Fellow at the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. He has been awarded four Defense Distinguished Service
Medals and has received decorations from the governments of Japan,
Thailand, the Republic of Korea and Australia.
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