29 Facts About Stephen Hadley

Stephen John Hadley was born on February 13,1947 and is an American attorney and senior government official who served as the 20th United States National Security Advisor from 2005 to 2009.

Stephen Hadley served under President George W Bush during the second term of his administration.

Stephen Hadley grew up in South Euclid, Ohio, in the Cleveland metropolitan area.

In law school, Stephen Hadley was a classmate of Hillary Clinton.

Stephen Hadley commissioned as an Ensign into the US Navy through Yale Naval ROTC in 1972.

Stephen Hadley served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1972 to 1975.

Stephen Hadley was a member of the National Security Council staff under President Gerald Ford from 1974 to 1977.

Bush, Stephen Hadley was a Pentagon aide to Paul Wolfowitz, serving as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy from 1989 to 1993.

Stephen Hadley participated in policy issues involving export control and the use of space.

Stephen Hadley was a principal in The Scowcroft Group, Inc.

Stephen Hadley served as a senior foreign and defense policy adviser to Governor Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign and worked in the Bush-Cheney Transition on the National Security Council.

In January 2001, as George W Bush prepared to take office, Hadley served on a panel for nuclear weapons issues sponsored by the National Institute for Public Policy, a neoconservative think tank.

Stephen Hadley was Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor from January 22,2001.

In 2002, Stephen Hadley was a member of the White House Iraq Group.

Stephen Hadley admitted fault in allowing a disputed claim about Iraq's quest for nuclear weapons material from Niger to be included in Bush's January 28,2003 State of the Union Address.

Amid this, The Times of London reported that Stephen Hadley was Robert Novak's source for Valerie Plame's name in the CIA leak scandal, but this report proved to be false when Richard Armitage admitted that he was Novak's source.

Stephen Hadley played a significant role during the critical phase of the Iraq War, including the controversial 2007 "surge" strategy, which increased US troop levels to combat rising insurgency and stabilize the country.

Stephen Hadley helped manage the transition from large-scale military operations to more focused counterinsurgency efforts.

In 2007 Stephen Hadley led a public media campaign in an effort to convince the public that the proposed Iraq surge would work.

Stephen Hadley sits at the pinnacle of power, but articulates no sweeping personal vision of the world and has made a point of staying in the shadows.

Stephen Hadley helped steer negotiations with North Korea through the Six-Party Talks, aiming to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.

On September 11,2018, USIP-based Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States, of which Stephen Hadley is a member, produced the report "Beyond the Homeland: Protecting America from Extremism in Fragile States, "which warns that the United States urgently needs a new approach to stem the spread of violent extremism and previews a comprehensive preventative strategy that focuses on strengthening resilience against extremism in fragile states.

In 2013, Hadley was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v Perry case.

In March 2013, on the ten year anniversary, Stephen Hadley gave his views on what had gone wrong and what had been redeemed in terms of the Iraq War.

At the time, Stephen Hadley was a director at Raytheon and owned 11,477 shares of stock, but the news organizations failed to disclose the link and conflict of interest.

Stephen Hadley was initially floated as a potential option for Secretary of Defense in the first Trump administration.

Stephen Hadley is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Stephen Hadley has been a member of the Defense Policy Board, the Foreign Affairs Policy Board, the National Security Advisory Panel to the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Board of Trustees of Analytical Services.

Stephen Hadley is an Executive Vice Chair on the Board of Directors at the Atlantic Council and is on the Board of Directors at defense contractor Raytheon.