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Clifford, Clark McAdams
Born: 1906 AD
Died: 1998 AD, at 92 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 1998 AD, at 92 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
US lawyer and politician
advisor to Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Jimmy Carter
helped draft National Security Act 1947
helped persuade Truman to extend diplomatic recognition to Israel 1948
head of Kennedy's presidential transition team 1960-1961
chairman of President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board 1963-1968
Secretary of Defense 1968-1969
helped investors, actually working for Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), to take over First American Bank in Washington DC (takeover approved by Federal Reserve Board 1981)
wrote memoir "Counsel to the President" 1991
indicted in BCCI scandal but charges dismissed
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