David Addington
| David Addington | |
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| 11th Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States | |
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In office November 1, 2005 – January 20, 2009 |
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| Vice President | Dick Cheney |
| Preceded by | Scooter Libby |
| Succeeded by | Ron Klain |
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| Born |
David Spears Addington January 22, 1957 Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Georgetown University (B.S.) Duke University (J.D.) |
David Spears Addington (born January 22, 1957) is an American lawyer who was legal counsel (2001–2005) and Chief of Staff (2005–2009) to Vice President Dick Cheney. He is now vice president of domestic and economic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation.
During 21 years of federal service, Addington worked at the CIA, the Reagan White House, the Department of Defense, four congressional committees, and the Cheney Office of the Vice President. He was appointed to replace I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. as Cheney's chief of staff upon Libby's resignation when Libby was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice on October 28, 2005. Addington was described by U.S. News & World Report as "the most powerful man you've never heard of" in May 2006.
Addington was born in Washington, D.C., and is the son of Eleanore ("Billie") and the late Jerry Addington, a retired brigadier general and West Point graduate.
As is typical for many families of career military staff, the Addington family moved often and there were periods during which Jerry was posted overseas while his family remained stateside. After David's birth in 1957 in Washington, DC, his father was posted to Carlisle Barracks, PA; Camp St. Barbara, South Korea; Colorado Springs, CO; Oakdale, PA; and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Young David lived in Saudi Arabia during his father's 1967-1969 assignment as chief of the U.S. Military Training Mission, headquartered in Dhahran. In this role, the elder Addington (promoted to brigadier general in 1965), was responsible for U.S. training and security assistance programs for the Royal Saudi Army, Navy, Air Force and National Guard. During the family's two-year stay in Saudi Arabia, David Addington (then 10 and 11 years old) was a student at the Dhahran Academy on the grounds of the U.S. Consulate.
Addington is married to Cynthia Mary Addington; the couple have three children. Previously, Addington had been married to Linda Werling, whom he met while the two were both attending Duke University.
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