1. Preston "Pete" Murdoch Geren III was born on January 29,1952 and is an American attorney and politician who served as the 20th United States Secretary of the Army from July 16,2007, to September 16,2009.
15 Facts About Pete Geren
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Pete Geren is a Democratic former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 12th congressional district.
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Pete Geren is the president of the Sid W Richardson Foundation in Fort Worth, Texas and is a member of the board of trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Pete Geren attended Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1970 to 1973, where he was the starting center for the football team.
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Pete Geren received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas in 1974 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1978.
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Pete Geren's older brother, Charlie Geren, is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 99 in Tarrant County.
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From 1989 until 1997, Pete Geren served for four terms in the United States House of Representatives.
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Pete Geren was first elected in a special election to succeed former Speaker of the House Jim Wright.
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Pete Geren narrowly defeated Republican candidate, well known Fort Worth allergist Bob Lanier.
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Pete Geren was re-elected for three more terms, but opted not to run in 1996.
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Pete Geren opined that the members had been "choked blue" by "extreme" Democrats from the left.
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Pete Geren joined the Department of Defense in September 2001 to serve as Special Assistant to the Defense Secretary with responsibilities in the areas of inter-agency initiatives, legislative affairs and special projects.
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On July 29,2005, Bush appointed Pete Geren the acting United States Secretary of the Air Force, a position he served in until the confirmation of his successor Michael Wynne in November 2005.
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Pete Geren served as the deputy and senior advisor to the Secretary of the Army and was Acting Secretary in the absence of the Secretary.
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In March 2007, Geren was named Acting Secretary of the United States Army by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, after Army Secretary Francis J Harvey resigned amidst the scandal at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.