Frank Carlucci

Frank Carlucci    (spook)
Born	Frank Charles Carlucci III October 18, 1930 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	Princeton University, Harvard Business School
Religion	Roman Catholic
Member of	Action Council for Peace in the Balkans, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Balkan Action Committee, National Endowment for Democracy/Board, RAND/Board of Trustees, Trilateral Commission
Party	Republican
A Princeton roommate of his fellow US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld.  United States Secretary of Defense In office November 23, 1987 - January 20, 1989 Preceded by Caspar Weinberger College roommate of his fellow US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld  National Security Advisor In office December 2, 1986 - November 23, 1987 Deputy Colin Powell Succeeded by Colin Powell College roommate of Donald Rumsfeld  Deputy Secretary of Defense In office February 4, 1981 - December 31, 1982 Became Secretary of Defense on November 23, 1987  Deputy Director of the CIA In office February 10, 1978 - February 4, 1981  United States Ambassador to Portugal In office December 9, 1974 - February 5, 1978  Under Secretary of Health Education and Welfare In office February 1973 - December 1974  Director of the OEO In office January 1971 - December 1972

Background

Carlucci was a roommate of Donald Rumsfeld at Princeton University in 1952.

Career

Carlucci became a CIA agent.

Congo, 1961

Carlucci was the second secretary at the US embassy in the Congo in 1961 when the democratically elected Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, was murdered.

Politics

During the early 1970s, Carlucci became a protege of Rumsfeld and was moved up through the hierarchy of the US government.

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