James R. Schlesinger
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Feb 15 1929
Biography
James Rodney Schlesinger (February 15, 1929 – March 27, 2014) was an American economist and public servant who was best known for serving as Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to becoming Secretary of Defense, he served as Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from 1971 to 1973, and as CIA Director for a few months in 1973. He became America's first Secretary of Energy under Jimmy Carter in 1977, serving until 1979. While Secretary of Defense, he opposed amnesty for draft resisters and pres…
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NOVA
Self (archive footage)
The Energy War
Self - US Secretary of Energy
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Self
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
Self (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger: Secrets of a Superpower
Self
First Strike
Self
The Fall of Saigon
Self
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy
Self