Brent Scowcroft
Scowcroft (center)
9th United States National Security Advisor
In office 1974 – 1977
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Henry Kissinger
Succeeded by	Zbigniew Brzeziński
17th United States National Security Advisor
In office 1989 – 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Colin Powell
Succeeded by	Anthony Lake
Born	March 19, 1925 (1925-03-19) (age 83) Ogden, Utah
Political party	Republican
Profession	Diplomat
Religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Brent Scowcroft (born March 19, 1925 in Ogden, Utah) was the United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Adviser (abbreviated NSA, or sometimes ANSA Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr (July 14 1913 December 26 2006 was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 and the fortieth Vice President Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German -born American bureaucrat diplomat and 1973 Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski (Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński ˈzbigɲev bʐɛˈʑiɲski: (born March 28 1928 Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish-American The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Adviser (abbreviated NSA, or sometimes ANSA Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 Colin Luther Powell, KCB (Honorary MSC, (born April 5, 1937) is a retired General in the United States Army. Anthony Lake (born April 2, 1939) is an American diplomat, political figure, and academic. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ogden is a city in and the County seat of Weber County, Utah, United States. Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ogden is a city in and the County seat of Weber County, Utah, United States. The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Adviser (abbreviated NSA, or sometimes ANSA Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr (July 14 1913 December 26 2006 was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 and the fortieth Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the He also served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Nixon and Ford administrations. In the British Armed Forces and those derived from them an officer appointed to the personal office of a general officer Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr (July 14 1913 December 26 2006 was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 and the fortieth Vice President He also served as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB is an advisor to the Executive Office of the President of the United States. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States.

Positions held

Prior to joining the Bush administration, Scowcroft was Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc. Kissinger Associates Inc, founded in 1982 is a New York City -based international consulting firm founded and run by Henry Kissinger. He has had a long association with Henry Kissinger, having served as his assistant when Kissinger was the National Security Adviser under Nixon, from 1968. Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German -born American bureaucrat diplomat and 1973

Deputy Assistant For National Security Affairs Brent Scowcroft discusses the situation in Vietnam with Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller and Central Intelligence Agency Director William Colby during a break in a meeting of the National Security Council. , 04/24/1975

He is the founder and president of The Forum for International Policy, a think tank. The Forum for International Policy is a non-profit non-partisan " Brain trust " (or Think tank) of nationally-recognized foreign policy experts A think tank (also called a policy institute) is an organization institute corporation or group that conducts Research and engages in advocacy in areas such Scowcroft is also president of The Scowcroft Group, Inc. The Scowcroft Group, an international advisory company is managed by Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor to U , an international business consulting firm. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, a board member of The Center for Strategic and International Studies and The Atlantic Council of the United States[1]. The Trilateral Commission is a private organization established to foster closer cooperation between America Europe and Japan The Council on Foreign Relations ( CFR) is an American Nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (at The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a Washington D Atlantic Councils (also called Atlantic Associations, Atlantic Clubs, or Euro-Atlantic Councils) are non-profit, Non-governmental organizations

In the course of his military career, Scowcroft held positions in the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Headquarters of the United States Air Force, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. The Joint Chiefs of Staff ( JCS) is a group comprising the Chiefs of service of each major branch of the Armed services in the United States armed forces Other assignments included faculty positions at the United States Air Force Academy and the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Assistant Air Attache in the American Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA or Air Force) is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, West Point is a federal military reservation (and a Census-designated place) located North of the Village of Highland Falls in Orange County New York An air attaché is an Air force officer who is part of a Diplomatic mission; this post is normally filled by a high-ranking officer Benjamin Franklin established the first overseas mission of the United States in Paris in 1779 Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian Scowcroft retired with the rank of Lieutenant General in the U. S. Air Force.

Scowcroft has chaired or served on a number of policy advisory councils, including the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control, the President's Commission on Strategic Forces, the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management, the Defense Policy Board, and the President's Special Review Board (Tower Commission) investigating the Iran-Contra affair. The Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee (DPBAC or DPB is a federal advisory committee to the United States Department of Defense. Commissioned on November 26 1986 by American President Ronald Reagan, the Tower Commission was in response to the Iran Contra scandal The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal which was revealed in November 1986 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration.

Scowcroft was a leading Republican critic of U. S. policy towards Iraq before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which war critics in particular have seen as significant given Scowcroft's close ties to former President George H.W. Bush. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 [2] [3] [4] [5]. Scowcroft supported the invasion of Afghanistan as a “direct response” to terrorism.

Scowcroft had an aeronautical rating as a pilot and has numerous military decorations and awards. In addition, President Bush presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is a decoration bestowed by the President of the United States and is along with the equivalent Congressional Gold Medal bestowed In 1993, he was presented with the insignia of an Honorary OBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. In 2005, Scowcroft was awarded the William Oliver Baker Award by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance. The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA is a non-profit 501(c(6 non-partisan professional organization for members of the U

He received his undergraduate degree and commission into the Army Air Forces from the United States Military Academy at West Point. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, He has an M. A. and Ph. D. from Columbia University. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League.

He co-wrote A World Transformed with George H. A World Transformed is a 1998 book (ISBN 0-679-43248-5 by former President George H W. Bush. This book described what it was like to be in the White House during the end of the Cold War, as the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Explaining in 1998 why they didn't go on to Baghdad in 1991: "Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. "

Scowcroft is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, otherwise known as the Mormons. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known TalkMormon#Latter Day Saint vs Latter-day Saint --> Mormon

See also

• National Security Advisor (United States)
• History of the United States National Security Council 1989-1992
• Henry Kissinger
• Council on Foreign Relations

External links

• "Don't Attack Saddam" by Brent Scowcroft. The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Adviser (abbreviated NSA, or sometimes ANSA This article is about the history of the United States National Security Council during the first Bush Administration 1989-1992. Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German -born American bureaucrat diplomat and 1973 The Council on Foreign Relations ( CFR) is an American Nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (at
• Transcript: Charlie Rose interviews Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft (International Herald Tribune) June 18, 2007.
• Brent Scowcroft résumé.