Brent Scowcroft
Brent Scowcroft ( born March 19, 1925 in Ogden, Utah ) is a former American Major General, Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and National Security Advisor to U.S. President Gerald Ford and George Bush sr. 1975 to 1977 and 1989 to 1993. Under President George W. Bush, he was chairman of the advisory group of the " Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board " (2001 to 2005).
Life
Scowcroft studied at the Military Academy at West Point and received his doctorate in 1967 from Columbia University. During his military career, Scowcroft has held various positions in the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Military Academy at West Point. He also held the office of the Deputy Air Force attaché at the U.S. embassy in Belgrade. He has received numerous military awards. In 1975 Scowcroft, the age limit for military and left the army with the rank of lieutenant general.
On the morning of September 11, Scowcroft was aboard the flying command center. He went for the invasion of Afghanistan as a " direct blow against terrorism," a.
2003, however, he criticized the policy of the United States with regard to the invasion of Iraq.
Before Scowcroft worked for the Bush administration, he was deputy chairman of the company, " Kissinger and Associates ." He is the founder and president of the "International Policy Forum ". In addition, Scowcroft holds the presidency of the company "The Scowcroft Group", an international consulting firm.
Together with President George HW Bush Scowcroft published the book "A World Transformed " in which his Memoirs of the disintegration and collapse of the Soviet Union are described.
Scowcroft is a member of the community of faith of the Mormons.
Awards
Writings
- Brent Scowcroft, George Bush: A world Transformed, vintage books, 1999, ISBN 978-0679752592