Richard Danzig

Richard J. Danzig

Richard Jeffrey Danzig (born September 8, 1944 in New York City ) is an American attorney and former Secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001.

Danzig studied law at Yale University and philosophy at the University of Oxford , where he also received his doctorate. Between 1972 and 1977 he taught law at Stanford and Harvard Universities , before he worked in various positions in the US Department of Defense from 1977 .

Danzig is currently working, among other things, as a senior advisor to the Think Tank Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Since the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States there has been speculation about the future use of Danzig. He is a candidate for the post of National Security Advisor , as well as for the post of Deputy Secretary of Defense under the Republican Robert Gates , which he could replace later. He is married and has two children.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gates expected to remain with Danzig as deputy ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (MarineCorpsTimes.com of November 26, 2008; English) 

Web links

• Portrait of Danzig in the New York Times, November 10, 2008
• Official biography on the website of US Department of Defense (English)