Dennis Blair | |
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| 3rd Director of National Intelligence | |
| In office January 29, 2009 – May 28, 2010 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Ronald L. Burgess Jr. (acting) David Gompert |
| Preceded by | Mike McConnell |
| Succeeded by | James Clapper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dennis Cutler Blair February 4, 1947 Kittery, Maine, U.S. |
| Education | United States Naval Academy (BS) Worcester College, Oxford (MA) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1968–2002 |
| Rank |  Admiral |
| Battles/wars | War on Terror |
Dennis Cutler Blair (born February 4, 1947)[1] is the former United States Director of National Intelligence and a retired United States Navy admiral who was the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific region.[2] Blair was a career officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the White House during the presidencies of both Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Blair retired from the Navy in 2002 as an Admiral.[3] In 2009, Blair was selected as President Barack Obama’s first Director of National Intelligence, but after a series of bureaucratic battles, he resigned on May 20, 2010.[3][4]
He currently serves as a member of the Energy Security Leadership Council of Securing America's Future Energy, and is on the boards of the Atlantic Council,[5] Freedom House, the National Bureau of Asian Research, and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.[2] He also serves as co-chair of the annual Pacific Energy Summit.[6]
He also serves as a senior advisor to Ron Wahid, Chairman of Arcanum, a global strategic intelligence company and subsidiary of Magellan Investment Holdings.[7]
- ^ "Blair, Dennis C.". Current Biography Yearbook 2010. Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson. 2010. pp. 46–50. ISBN 9780824211134.
- ^ a b "2013 Aspen Security Forum Speakers | Aspen Security Forum". Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-18., Aspen Security Forum, 2013
- ^ a b "Securing America's Future Energy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-18., Secure Energy, 2013
- ^ Bob Woodward, Obama's Wars (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010), p. 371. Obama offered Blair the opportunity to devise a face-saving cover story, but Blair refused: "You want me to lie?"
- ^ "Board of Directors". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- ^ "The National Bureau of Asian Research". 2014 Pacific Energy Summit. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ^ "Admiral Dennis C. Blair". Arcanum Global. 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30.