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Captain. James Addison Baker III [note 1] (born April 28, 1930) [1] is an American attorney, diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House Chief of Staff and 67th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan and the 61st U.S. Secretary of State before returning as the 16th ...
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Apr 24, 2024 · James Baker (born April 28, 1930, Houston, Texas, U.S.) is an American government official, political manager, and lawyer who occupied important posts in the Republican presidential administrations of the 1980s and early ’90s, including that of U.S. secretary of state (1989–92).
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Oct 2, 2020 · The Man Who Ran Washington, by journalist-author duo Peter Baker of The New York Times and Susan Glasser of The New Yorker, is about James Baker III the former secretary of state, former...
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Oct 1, 2020 · Oct 1, 2020 6:30 PM EDT. Transcript Audio. Former Secretary of State James Baker’s distinguished career and service to every Republican president from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush has...
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Oct 7, 2020 · An age for big and bold ideas. And for decades, the key to getting things done was one chief political wrangler. He's the subject of a comprehensive new account from the award-winning authors Susan...
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Jan 9, 2022 · Nearly 30 years after James A. Baker III stepped down as secretary of state, the current confrontation over Ukraine turns in part on a long-running argument about what, if any, commitments he...
Oct 28, 2020 · For three decades and more, James A Baker III was the face of American power. The tall Texan with the impassive stare ranks as the only person to have served as White House chief of staff,...
