PORTER J. GOSS

9/13/2012: Former Director of the CIA Porter Goss speaks at a conference hosted by the CIA and the George Mason University School of Public Policy  (CIA Photo by Alexis Glenn/George Mason University)
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BORN:
November 26, 1938
Waterbury, Connecticut

EDUCATION:
Yale University (BA in Classical Greek, 1960)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1960-1962:
Intelligence Officer, U.S. Army
1962-1972:
Clandestine Service Officer, Central Intelligence Agency
1974-1982:
Member of City Council; Sanibel, Florida
Mayor; Sanibel, Florida
1983-1988:
Member, Lee County Board Commissioners
Chairman, Lee County Board of Commissioners
1989-2004:
U.S. House of Representatives
Chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
2004-2006:
Director, Central Intelligence Agency

RESOURCES:
Website
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia

PORTRAIT:

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CIA Photo

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

8/10/2004: Standing with President George W. Bush, Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., addresses the media after the President nominated him to be the director of the CIA in the Rose Garden (White House Photo)

Nomination, 8/11/2004 (WP, NYT, LAT)
Profile (WP, 10/19/2005)
Resignation, 5/5/2006 (NYT, NYT, WP)