Joshua Bolten, White House chief of staff
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Joshua Bolten was appointed as chief of staff to President George W. Bush in March 28, 2006, which entails duties such as managing the president's schedule, deciding policy recommendations to address for president, and generally overseeing activity in the West Wing of the White House. As a director of the Office of Management and Budget in 2003 Bolton created budget policies for US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, for Medicare, and for the government's response to the flooding and devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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Stephen Hadley, U.S. national security adviser
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Stephen Hadley was appointed as national security adviser in January 2005, a role in which he is responsible for reviewing information and deciding which foreign-policy issues are deserving of the president's attention. Hadley was one of the architects of the U.S. policy in Iraq as deputy national security adviser during the U.S. President George W. Bush's first term, where he earned particular notoriety for his role in a controversy surrounding a false intelligence claim that was used to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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James Burrows, Television director and producer
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James Burrows tagged as 'sorcerer behind the sitcoms' has served as resident director of several of the most popular series over to air on American television. Some of them are Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, and Will & Grace, while some of his directed pilot ventures are Night Court, NewsRadio, Veronica's Closet, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Caroline in the City, Wings, and about 40 other television sitcoms.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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