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Clapper joins DC security think tank

By Sean Langille
Published May 9, 2017 3:14pm ET
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Clapper joins DC security think tank
NEW LONDON, Conn - Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper, current director of National Intelligence, spoke to the Corp of Cadets, March 23, 2016, as the 2016 Hedricks Fellow Clapper served as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 1992 until 1995, was the first Director of Defense Intelligence within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and simultaneously the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, was the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from September 2001 until June 2006, and on June 5, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Clapper to replace Dennis C. Blair as U.S. Director of National Intelligence. Clapper was unanimously confirmed by the Senate for the position on August 5, 2010. Official U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Brahm. | Petty Officer Richard Brahm

James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, is joining a Washington think tank that focuses on national security and defense policies.

Clapper was named Tuesday as a distinguished senior fellow for intelligence and national security for the Center for a New American Security, the group announced Tuesday. He will also join the group’s board of advisers.

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