Dennis C. Blair

Dennis Cutler Blair (born February 4, 1947) is the former United States Director of National Intelligence and is a retired United States Navy admiral. He was the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific region. , Aspen Security Forum, 2013 

Blair was a career officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the White House during the presidencies of  both President Jimmy Carter and President Ronald Reagan. Blair retired from the Navy in 2002 as an Admiral. , Secure Energy, 2013 In 2009, Blair was selected as President Barack Obama’s first Director of National Intelligence, but after a series of bureaucratic battles, he resigned on May 20, 2010.Bob Woodward, Obama's Wars (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010), p. 371.  Obama offered Blair the opportunity to devise a face-saving cover story, but Blair refused:  "You want me to lie?"

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