James R. Schlesinger, CIA chief and Cabinet member, dies March 27, 2014 More than 11 years ago Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, left, meets with former defense secretary James ...

James R. Schlesinger, who served three presidents from both parties in top Cabinet-level posts, has died at the age of 85. The Washington Post says he died Thursday at a hospital in Baltimore of ...

Forceful hawk James R. Schlesinger, former secretary of Defense who led CIA and was first U.S. energy chief, dies at 85.

On this day in 1973, James Schlesinger became the CIA’s ninth director since the intelligence agency was founded after World War II. It proved a controversial appointment.

James Schlesinger had just arrived at Langley, as the CIA's new director. Schlesinger was alarmed by reports of CIA complicity in the Watergate scandal, so he sent out a memo directing CIA ...

To measure the varied but turbulent career of James Schlesinger in the highest reaches of US government, consider these few facts. He was surely the most unpopular director of the CIA in its ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – James Schlesinger, who served three U.S. presidents, Republican and Democrat alike, in the top posts at the Central Intelligence Agency, Pentagon and Energy Department in ...

James Schlesinger, a Republican economist who advanced rapidly to some of the highest positions of government power in the 1970s but whose abrasive leadership style led to conflicts with ...

James R. Schlesinger, who served three presidents from both parties in top Cabinet-level posts, has died at the age of 85. The Washington Post says he died Thursday at a hospital in Baltimore of ...

WASHINGTON — James R. Schlesinger, a hawkish and erudite Republican who straddled the partisan divide to serve in Cabinet-level posts under three presidents, has died, a Washington think tank ...

James R. Schlesinger, who served three presidents from both parties in top Cabinet-level posts, has died at the age of 85. The Washington Post says he died Thursday at a hospital in Baltimore of ...