Fred F. Fielding - Citizendia

19th White House Counsel
Fred F. Fielding

In office 1981 – 1986
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Lloyd Cutler
Succeeded by	Peter J. The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Lloyd Norton Cutler ( November 10, 1917 &ndash May 8, 2005) was an American attorney who served as White House Counsel during Wallison
32nd White House Counsel
Incumbent
Assumed office 2007
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Harriet Miers

Born	March 21, 1939 (1939-03-21) (age 69) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Maria Dugger
Profession	Lawyer

Fred Fisher Fielding (born March 21, 1939) was selected on January 8, 2007 by President of the United States George W. Bush to replace outgoing White House Counsel Harriet Miers. The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10 1945 is an American Lawyer and former White House Counsel. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10 1945 is an American Lawyer and former White House Counsel. ^[1]

Fielding was a senior partner at Wiley Rein LLP (formerly Wiley Rein & Fielding), a Washington, D.C. law firm. Wiley Rein LLP is a Washington DC Law firm founded in 1983 under the name Wiley Johnson and Rein Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D He has served the American government in a number of roles throughout his career. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution.

Fielding served as Associate Counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1970 to 1972, where he was the deputy to John Dean during the Watergate scandal. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938) was White House Counsel to U The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's He was the Counsel to the President for President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1986. The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Fielding has also served on the Tribunal on the U. S. -UK Air Treaty Dispute (1989-1994), as a member of the president's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform (1989), as a member of the Secretary of Transportation's Task Force on Aviation Disasters (1997-1998) and as a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9/11 Commission). Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) 9/11 Commission ReportThe National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up on November 27, 2002 He is reported as being both an executive, and legal counsel [1] for private military company, Blackwater USA, recipient of over a billion dollars [2] in mostly no-bid contracts from the State Department. A private military company ( PMC) provides specialized expertise or services of a military nature sometimes called or classified as Mercenary ("soldiers for hire" Blackwater Worldwide, formerly Blackwater USA, is a Private military company founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark

Fielding has a nuanced record on executive privilege and partisan confrontation. In the United States government, executive privilege is the power ( Reserve power) claimed by the President of the United States and other members of Associates say he is as likely to head for the negotiating table as to the wrestling mat in confrontations with Congress. Fielding has reportedly maintained close ties to Vice President Dick Cheney, whom he has known for decades and occasionally served as an informal adviser. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. J. Michael Luttig, a former federal judge who worked with Fielding in the Reagan administration and remains close to him, said: "He has a firm, clear view of executive prerogative, but he also understands as well as anyone in Washington the constitutional need for compromise. J Michael Luttig (born in Tyler Texas, June 13, 1954) is an American Lawyer and a former Federal judge. He is not someone that takes an absolutist position and then drives the presidency and the branches together off the brink. He has judgment. " ^[2]

Fielding is the chairman of the National Legal Center for the Public Interest. AEI Legal Center for the Public Interest was formed when the National Legal Center for the Public Interest was merged into the conservative think tank American Enterprise

He was born in Philadelphia and raised in Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Mechanicsville is the name of some places in the US state of Pennsylvania: Mechanicsville Bucks County Pennsylvania Fielding graduated with honors from Gettysburg College, and then attended the University of Virginia School of Law. Gettysburg College is a private national four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832 in Gettysburg Pennsylvania, adjacent to the famous battlefield The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his

He married Maria Dugger on October 21, 1967. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. They have two children: Adam and Alexandra.

Deep Throat connection

In April 2003, a team of journalism students taught by William Gaines conducted a detailed review of source materials, leading them to conclude that Fielding was Deep Throat, the unnamed source for articles written by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. William C Gaines is an American journalist and professor of journalism Deep Throat is the Pseudonym given to the secret source who provided information to the Washington Post about the involvement of U The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Robert "Bob" Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. Carl Bernstein (pronounced BERN-steen ˈbɜrnstiːn (born February 14, 1944) is an American journalist who as a reporter for The ^[3] Many years previously, former White House Chief of Staff for Richard Nixon, H. R. Haldeman, also concluded that Fielding was Deep Throat. The White House Chief of Staff is the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President Harry Robbins Haldeman (publicly known as H R Haldeman, and informally as Bob Haldeman) ( October 27, 1926 &ndash November 12,

This would prove not to be the case when former top Federal Bureau of Investigation official W. Mark Felt announced in May 2005 that he was the mysterious Watergate informant. William Mark Felt Sr (born August 17, 1913) is a former agent of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, who retired in 1973 May 2005 was the fifth month of that year It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday. This was later confirmed by Woodward, Bernstein and Executive Editor Ben Bradlee in a statement released through The Washington Post.

References

^ Allen, Mike. "Exclusive: Bush Picks a Replacement for Harriet Miers", Time, January 8, 2007. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-01-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army
^ Jim Rutenberg. "Reagan Lawyer Ready to Return to White House", The New York Times, 2007-01-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Retrieved on 2007-11-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land
^ Noah, Timothy. Timothy Noah is an American Journalist. He is a senior writer for Slate Magazine, where he writes the "Chatterbox" column and a contributing "Was Fred Fielding Deep Throat?", Slate, April 8, 2003. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-01-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople.

Preceded by Lloyd Cutler	White House Counsel 1981-1986	Succeeded by Peter J. Lloyd Norton Cutler ( November 10, 1917 &ndash May 8, 2005) was an American attorney who served as White House Counsel during The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. Wallison
Preceded by Harriet Miers	White House Counsel 2007 – present	Incumbent

Deep Throat connection

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