James R. Schlesinger, a Republican economist who advanced rapidly to some of the highest positions of government power in the 1970s but whose abrasive leadership style led to conflicts with ...

James R. Schlesinger, who served three presidents from both parties in top Cabinet-level posts, has died at the age of 85. The Washington Post says he died Thursday at a hospital in Baltimore of ...

James R. Schlesinger, the hawkish and sometimes overbearingly erudite conservative whose controversial Washington career included serving as U.S. secretary of Defense under Presidents Richard ...

Former defense secretary and energy secretary James Schlesinger has died, his daughter confirmed to Fox News. He was 85. A Washington think tank also confirmed the death of Schlesinger ...

James Schlesinger , who has died aged 85, was a hardline American Secretary of Defence from 1973 to 1975 under Presidents Nixon and Ford ; he subsequently became the country’s first Secretary of ...

Henry Kissinger has died age 100. I remember him through his archrival, James Schlesinger. April 24, 1980, was a bleak day for the United States. It was the day we lost helicopters and eight men ...

On this day in 1973, James Schlesinger became the CIA’s ninth director since the intelligence agency was founded after World War II. It proved a controversial appointment. Schlesinger held the ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: James R. Schlesinger was a Secretary for the Department of Defense with 65 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1985 Senate Committee. The year ...

James Schlesinger writes that there is a growing view that “the science is settled” in the global warming debate (Commentary, Jan. 22). He’s right. Both the American Geophysical Union and ...

James R. Schlesinger, a hawkish and erudite Republican who straddled the partisan divide to serve in Cabinet-level posts under three presidents, has died, a Washington think tank said Thursday.

James Schlesinger, a Republican economist who advanced rapidly to some of the highest positions of government power in the 1970s but whose abrasive leadership style led to conflicts with ...

WASHINGTON -- Onetime economics professor and longtime nuclear strategist James R. Schlesinger was a political man for all seasons, holding a long string of Cabinet and other high-level posts ...