Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden

1945 Born in Pittsburgh

Present Position: The No. 2 official in the US intelligence community, principal deputy to national intelligence director John Negroponte.

Nominated for: Head of the Central Intelligence Agency

Education:

1967 BA, Duquesne, 1969 MA, Duquesne

Positions held:

1972-75 Chief intelligence division, USAF, Guam

1975-79 Instructor Officer Training Corps, St. Michael's College, Winooski, Vt.

1980-82 Chief intelligence USAF, South Korea

1984-86 Attaché, US Embassy, Bulgaria

1986-89 Politico-military affairs officer. USAF, Washington

1989-91 Director for defense policy and arms control, NSC, Washington

1991-93 Chief Secretary's Staff Group USAF, Washington

1993-95 Director, Intelligence Hdqrs. US European Command, USAF, Germany

1995-97 Air Intelligence Agency, directed Joint Command Control, USAF, Texas

1997-1999 Deputy chief of staff, UN Command, US Forces Korea

1999-2005 Director, National Security Agency/Control Security Service

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