page_title: Stephen Hadley
hierarchical_section_title: Stephen Hadley
caption_attribution_description: United States of America President George W. Bush meets with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley at the Bush Ranch to discuss the Middle East.
context_page_description: Stephen John Hadley is the current U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for President George W. Bush. He had been Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor from January 22, 2001. On January 26, 2005, he replaced Condoleezza Rice as National Security Advisor, upon Rice's confirmation as Secretary of State.
  Hadley served as a senior foreign and defense policy advisor to then-Governor Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign and worked in the Bush-Cheney Transition on the National Security Council.
context_section_description: Stephen John Hadley (born February 13, 1947, in Toledo, Ohio) is the current (21st) U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (commonly referred as National Security Advisor) for President George W. Bush.  He had been Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor from January 22, 2001. On January 26, 2005, he  replaced Condoleezza Rice as National Security Advisor, upon Rice's confirmation as Secretary of State.
  Hadley served as a senior foreign and defense policy advisor to then-Governor Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign and worked in the Bush-Cheney Transition on the National Security Council.
caption: Hadley (right) discussing the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis with Bush and Rice.
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