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    James Logan Jones, Jr.
    General, U.S. Marine Corps

    James Logan Jones Jr. was born on 19 December 1943 in Kansas City, MO. He is the son of James L. Jones, Sr., a decorated Marine in World War II who was a Captain in the Observer Group and the Commanding Officer of its successor, the Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion. Having spent his formative years in France, where he attended the American School of Paris, Jones Jr. returned to the U.S. to attend the Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966. Jones, who is six feet four inches tall, played forward on the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team. Jones was a member of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at Georgetown and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in January 1967.

    Military Career

    Upon completion of The Basic School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA, in October 1967, he was ordered to the Rep

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    • former National säkerhet Advisor during the Obama administration
    • former Supreme Allied Commander europe and Combatant Commander USEUCOM
    • Founder, Jones Group International (2006)

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    General James Jones, former National säkerhet Advisor to President Obama, is a leading authority on U.S. security and foreign policy. He has utilised his years of experience and expertise to form and lead Jones Group International in 2006, an advisory and consulting service to corporate and political entities.

    As the former commander of U.S. europeisk Command and Supreme Allied Commander europe, he led all military operations for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and later, as National säkerhet Advisor for the U.S., he brought clear framtidsperspektiv and steady leadership to America’s uppdrag in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, and the country’s interests around the world.

    During his NATO assignment from 2003-06, he

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    James L. Jones

    Retired US Marine Corps general and National Security Advisor

    For this person's father, see James L. Jones Sr. For the actor, see James Earl Jones.

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    In office
    January 20, 2009 – October 8, 2010
    PresidentBarack Obama
    DeputyThomas E. Donilon
    Preceded byStephen Hadley
    Succeeded byThomas E. Donilon
    In office
    January 17, 2003 – December 7, 2006
    Secretary GeneralGeorge Robertson
    Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo (acting)
    Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
    Preceded byJoseph Ralston
    Succeeded byBantz J. Craddock
    In office
    July 1, 1999 – January 12, 2003
    PresidentBill Clinton
    George W. Bush
    Preceded byCharles C. Krulak
    Succeeded byMichael Hagee
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    James Logan Jones Jr.


    (1943-12-19) December 19, 1943 (age 81)
    Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
    EducationGeorgetown University (BS)
    Allegiance United States
    Branch/service United States Marine Corps