Technically called the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, this group of outside advisors helps the Pentagon to formulate policy.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ken Adelman |
Diplomat |
9-Jun-1946 |
|
Deputy US Ambassador to the UN, 1981-83 |
| Richard V. Allen |
Government |
1-Jan-1936 |
|
Reagan National Security Advisor |
| Graham T. Allison |
Scholar |
23-Mar-1940 |
|
Kennedy School of Government |
| Michael Armacost |
Diplomat |
15-Apr-1937 |
|
US Ambassador to Japan, 1989-93 |
| Richard Armitage |
Government |
26-Apr-1945 |
|
US Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-05 |
| Ashton Carter |
Government |
24-Sep-1954 |
|
US Secretary of Defense |
| Vernon E. Clark |
Military |
7-Sep-1944 |
|
US Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-05 |
| Eliot A. Cohen |
Government |
c. 1955 |
|
Prominent neoconservative |
| Ronald R. Fogleman |
Military |
27-Jan-1942 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1994-97 |
| Tom Foley |
Politician |
6-Mar-1929 |
18-Oct-2013 |
Speaker of the House, 1989-95 |
| Tillie Fowler |
Politician |
23-Dec-1942 |
2-Mar-2005 |
Congresswoman from Florida |
| Aaron L. Friedberg |
Government |
16-Apr-1956 |
|
In the Shadow of the Garrison State |
| Newt Gingrich |
Politician |
17-Jun-1943 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1995-99 |
| Stephen Hadley |
Government |
13-Feb-1947 |
|
National Security Advisor, 2005-09 |
| Chuck Hagel |
Politician |
4-Oct-1946 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 2013-15 |
| John J. Hamre |
Government |
3-Jul-1950 |
|
Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1997-1999 |
| Gary Hart |
Politician |
28-Nov-1936 |
|
US Senator from Colorado, 1975-87 |
| Eli S. Jacobs |
Baseball |
5-Oct-1937 |
|
Former Baltimore Orioles owner |
| David E. Jeremiah |
Military |
25-Feb-1934 |
7-Oct-2013 |
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1990-94 |
| Arnold Kanter |
Government |
27-Feb-1945 |
10-Apr-2010 |
Under Secy. of State for Political Affairs, 1991-93 |
| John M. Keane |
Military |
1-Feb-1943 |
|
US Army Vice Chief of Staff, 1999-2003 |
| Henry Kissinger |
Government |
27-May-1923 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1973-77 |
| Lewis Libby |
Government |
22-Aug-1950 |
|
Cheney's former Chief of Staff |
| Philip Merrill |
Publisher |
28-Apr-1934 |
10-Jun-2006 |
Capital Gazette Communications |
| William A. Owens |
Military |
8-May-1940 |
|
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1994-96 |
| Richard Perle |
Government |
16-Sep-1941 |
|
Prince of Darkness |
| Dan Quayle |
Politician |
4-Feb-1947 |
|
Vice President under George H.W. Bush |
| James R. Schlesinger |
Government |
15-Feb-1929 |
27-Mar-2014 |
Served Nixon, Ford, Carter |
| Brent Scowcroft |
Government |
19-Mar-1925 |
|
National Security Advisor to Ford and GHWB |
| Laurence H. Silberman |
Judge |
12-Oct-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-77 |
| Walter B. Slocombe |
Government |
23-Sep-1941 |
|
Defense analyst |
| Helmut Sonnenfeldt |
Government |
c. 1938 |
|
Former NSC staffer |
| Togo West |
Government |
21-Jun-1942 |
|
US Secretary of the Army, Veterans Affairs |
| Pete Wilson |
Politician |
23-Aug-1933 |
|
Governor of California, 1991-99 |
| James Woolsey |
Government |
21-Sep-1941 |
|
CIA Director, 1993-95 |
| Robert Zoellick |
Government |
25-Jul-1953 |
|
World Bank president, 2007-12 |
