30 Jan 1976 to 20 Jan 1977

George H.W. Bush Serves as the Director of Central Intelligence

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In 1976, Ford brought Bush back to Washington to become Director of Central Intelligence. He served in this role for 357 days, from January 30, 1976 to January 20, 1977. The CIA had been rocked by a series of revelations, including those based on investigations by Senator Frank Church's Committee regarding illegal and unauthorized activities by the CIA, and Bush was credited with helping to restore the agency's morale. In his capacity as DCI, Bush gave national security briefings to Jimmy Carter both as a Presidential candidate and as President-elect, and discussed the possibility of remaining in that position in a Carter administration but it was not to be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush

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Added Wed, Jan 13 2010 at 4:43PM UTC by

Kevin Rogers

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