James R. Clapper

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United States Air Force general human intelligence official military officer

James R. Clapper is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general who served as Director of National Intelligence from 2010 to 2017 and held several senior intelligence leadership roles across the U.S. government.

Aliases (1)

James Robert Clapper Jr. ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force general → human → intelligence official → military officer →
allegiance	United States of America →
appointedBy	Barack Obama →
awardReceived	Air Force Distinguished Service Medal → Defense Distinguished Service Medal → Legion of Merit →
birthDate	1941-03-14 →
birthPlace	Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States →
boardMemberOf	Committee on the National Security Enterprise (various think tanks) →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	National War College → St. Mary’s University, Texas → University of Maryland, College Park →
employer	Office of the Director of National Intelligence → United States Department of Defense →
endTime	2017 →
familyName	Clapper →
fieldOfWork	military intelligence → national security →
fullName	James Robert Clapper Jr. →
genre	memoir →
givenName	James →
hasChild	two children →
memberOf	United States Intelligence Community →
militaryBranch	United States Air Force →
militaryRank	Lieutenant general →
notableFor	serving as the fourth Director of National Intelligence →
notableWork	Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence → oversight of U.S. Intelligence Community →
occupation	author → intelligence officer → military officer →
participatedIn	Cold War → Vietnam War →
positionHeld	Director of Defense Intelligence → Director of National Intelligence → Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency → Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency → Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Virginia, United States →
serviceEnd	1995 →
serviceStart	1963 →
signature	James R. Clapper signature image file →
spouse	Susan Terry Clapper →
startTime	2010 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
National Security Medal →	awardedTo
James R. Clapper ("James Robert Clapper Jr.") →	fullName