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Stephen Hadley

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Stephen John Hadley
21st United States National Security Advisor
Assumed office
2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
DeputyJack Dyer Crouch, II (2005-2007)
James Franklin Jeffrey (2007-)
Preceded byCondoleezza Rice
19th Deputy National Security Advisor
In office
2001–2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJames Steinberg
Succeeded byJack Dyer Crouch, II
Personal details
Born (1947-02-13) February 13, 1947 (age 77)
Toledo, Ohio
Spouse(s)Ann Hadley
Children2 daughters
Professionforeign and defense policy advisor
Hadley (right) discussing the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis with Bush and Rice.

Stephen John Hadley (born February 13, 1947, in Toledo, Ohio) is the current (21st) U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (commonly referred as National Security Advisor) for President George W. Bush. He had been Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor from January 22, 2001. On January 26, 2005, he replaced Condoleezza Rice as National Security Advisor, upon Rice's confirmation as Secretary of State.

Hadley served as a senior foreign and defense policy advisor to then-Governor Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign and worked in the Bush-Cheney Transition on the National Security Council.