Frank Carlucci
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In office | |
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November 23, 1987 - January 20, 1989 | |
Preceded by | Caspar Weinberger |
College roommate of his fellow US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld |
In office | |
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December 2, 1986 - November 23, 1987 | |
Deputy | Colin Powell |
Succeeded by | Colin Powell |
College roommate of Donald Rumsfeld |
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.