White House Office of the Staff Secretary
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The Staff Secretary is a position in the White House Office, responsible for managing communications to the president and circulating documents among senior staff for comment. Sometimes described as "the nerve center of the White House," the position was created under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Under Eisenhower, the first staff secretaries focused particularly on screening national security communications; in this role, Colonel Andrew J. Goodpaster was thought to overshadow the President's special assistant for national security.[1] Prior to 1989, the staff secretary was designated as a Deputy Assistant to the President. Douglas Kramer, an attorney, is currently staff secretary to President Barack Obama.
[edit] Holders of the office (incomplete list)
- (2012-Present) Douglas Kramer
- (2011–2012) Rajesh De
- (2009–2011) Lisa Brown
- (2006–2009) Raul F. Yanes
- (2003–2006) Brett M. Kavanaugh
- (2001–2003) Harriet Miers
- (2000–2001) Lisel Loy
- (1999–2000) Sean P. Maloney
- (1998–1999) Phillip M. Caplan
- (1995–1998) Todd Stern
- (1993–1995) John D. Podesta
- (1991–1993) Phillip D. Brady
- (1989–1991) James W. Cicconi
- (1985–1988) David L. Chew
- (1977–1981) Richard G. Hutcheson III
- (1976–1977) James E. Connor
- (1974–1976) Jerry H. Jones
- (1961–1962) William J. Hartigan
- (1954–1961) Andrew J. Goodpaster
- (1953–1954) Paul Thomas Carroll
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- AmericanPresident.org description of position
- Description of creation of staff secretary position
- List of officeholders
- Records of the White House Office of the Staff Secretary, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
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