Charles Kupperman was the acting United States National Security Advisor for eight days in September 2019 between John Bolton and Robert C O'Brien.
16 Facts About Charles Kupperman
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Charles Kupperman earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Purdue University in 1972.
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Charles Kupperman received a master's degree in international relations from the University of British Columbia in 1973.
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Charles Kupperman completed a doctorate in strategic studies at the University of Southern California in 1980.
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From 1978 to 1980, Charles Kupperman was the senior defense analyst for the Committee on the Present Danger.
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In 1980, Charles Kupperman was a foreign policy adviser to Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign.
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Charles Kupperman was executive assistant to the acting administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, beginning in December 1985, and then the Executive Director of the General Advisory Committee on Arms Control of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, before becoming the executive assistant to the director of the Office of Personnel Management.
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In 1991, Charles Kupperman became the president and chief executive of Xsirius Superconductivity, a small Arlington, Virginia company developing commercial applications for high-temperature superconductivity technology.
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Charles Kupperman worked at two defense contractors, Lockheed Martin and Boeing; he was the vice president for business development for missile defense systems for Boeing and the vice president of Washington Space Operations for Lockheed Martin Corporation.
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Charles Kupperman retired from Boeing in July 2006, after six years.
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From 2001 to 2010, Charles Kupperman was on the board of directors for the Center for Security Policy.
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On September 10,2019, when John Bolton departed from his position of United States national security advisor, Charles Kupperman was made acting United States national security advisor.
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Charles Kupperman was scheduled to testify on October 28,2019, before three House committees handling the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump with respect to the Trump-Ukraine scandal.
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The Trump administration, through White House counsel Pat Cipollone, directed Charles Kupperman in writing not to comply with the House subpoena claiming "constitutional immunity" would protect him.
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Subsequently, Charles Kupperman filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to decide whether or not he must comply with the House subpoena or the Trump Administration's request to not testify.
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Charles Kupperman's lawyer argued that he is faced with "irreconcilable commands" between the legislative and executive branches of government which can only be decided by the judicial branch.