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|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Addington | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Addington | ||
| + | |alma_mater=Georgetown University, Duke Law School | ||
| + | |birth_date=1957-01-22 | ||
| + | |birth_name=David Spears Addington | ||
| + | |birth_place=Washington, D.C. | ||
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| + | |title=Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States | ||
| + | |start=November 1, 2005 | ||
| + | |end=January 20, 2009 | ||
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In 2006 he was memorably termed "most powerful man you’ve never heard of".<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20060602004312/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060529/29addington.htm</ref> Addington was a big proponent of some of Bush’s most notorious legal abuses, such as [[torture]] and warrantless [[mass surveillance]], and is a loyal follower of the so-called unitary executive theory. In 2009 he was ranked #7 on a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever"<ref>http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/01/17/34948/bush-43-worst/</ref> | In 2006 he was memorably termed "most powerful man you’ve never heard of".<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20060602004312/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060529/29addington.htm</ref> Addington was a big proponent of some of Bush’s most notorious legal abuses, such as [[torture]] and warrantless [[mass surveillance]], and is a loyal follower of the so-called unitary executive theory. In 2009 he was ranked #7 on a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever"<ref>http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/01/17/34948/bush-43-worst/</ref> | ||
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| Born | David Spears Addington 1957-01-22 Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Georgetown University, Duke Law School | |||||||||||||
| Member of | Baker Donelson, Phi Beta Kappa | |||||||||||||
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In 2006 he was memorably termed "most powerful man you’ve never heard of".[1] Addington was a big proponent of some of Bush’s most notorious legal abuses, such as torture and warrantless mass surveillance, and is a loyal follower of the so-called unitary executive theory. In 2009 he was ranked #7 on a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever"[2]
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