Charles Stimson
| Charles Stimson | |
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General Counsel of the Navy Nominee |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs | |
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In office 2005 – February 2, 2007 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Matthew Waxman |
| Succeeded by | Sandra Hodgkinson |
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Kenyon College George Mason University School of Law |
Charles Douglas "Cully" Stimson (born June 13, 1963) is an American lawyer and government official. Stimson served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs from 2005 until his resignation on February 2, 2007, following a controversy about his statements on legal representation for prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. Following his time in the George W. Bush administration, Stimson joined The Heritage Foundation, where he is currently a senior legal fellow and manager of the National Security Law Program. Earlier in his career, Stimson served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and as Vice President for Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions at Marsh & McLennan Companies.
Stimson is a Captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps U.S. Navy reserve component and is the Commanding Officer of the Navy Appellate Government unit. In June 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Stimson to become General Counsel of the Navy.
The Pentagon created the Office of Detainee Affairs, and with it Stimson's post, in July 2004:
An as-yet-unnamed deputy assistant secretary who will report to the undersecretary for policy will head the office. The new deputy will chair a joint committee composed of the undersecretary for intelligence and representatives from the Joint Staff, the Office of General Counsel, the Department of the Army, and others who might be involved in detainee affairs.
Stimson, an attorney by profession, was formerly a U.S. Navy JAG officer from 1992-1997.
Stimson first received press attention in October 2006, when he told Reuters that more than 300 Guantánamo detainees might remain there for the rest of their lives because nations refused to accept them.
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