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William John Bennett (born July 31, 1943) is an American conservative politician and political commentator who served as secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W. Bush.
Bennett then became President George H. W. Bush’s director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy—also known as “drug czar”—remaining in the position from 1989 to 1990. Upon leaving the White House, Bennett became involved in a number of conservative organizations.
He served as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1981 to 1985, secretary of education under President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1988, and then as the first “drug czar,”...
Former Drug Czar WILLIAM BENNETT. He is currently co-director of the conservative organization "Empower America." In 1981, he was appointed by Ronald Reagan to be Chairman of the National...
Former Drug Czar William J. Bennett announced today that he will no longer gamble, after Newsweek and The Washington Monthly reported that he bet and lost millions in the last decade.
William J. Bennett, the combative and controversial former Secretary of Education, announced last week that he was resigning his position as the federal government's first drug-policy director.
William Bennett's job is to direct an orchestra of Federal agencies involved in drug control. To judge by his first pronouncement, he must sometimes feel as if he's down in...
