ACCESSION NUMBER:00000
FILE ID:96120508.txt
DATE:12/05/96
TITLE:05-12-96  TEXT: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DIRECTOR-NOMINEE TONY LAKE

TEXT:
(Official biodata released by White House December 5)  (380)

The White House has released official biodata on Anthony Lake, who was
nominated by President Clinton December 5 to be Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency, subject to confirmation by the U.S.
Senate.

Following is the official text:

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Anthony Lake was appointed Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs on December 22, 1992. Mr. Lake formally assumed the
position on January 20, 1993. Mr. Lake previously divided his time
between his farm in western Massachusetts and Mount Holyoke College,
where he has been Five College Professor of International Relations
since 1981. He also served as a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the
Clinton/Gore campaign.

In 1961, Mr. Lake received an A.B. degree, magna cum laude from
Harvard College. He then read international economics at Trinity
College, Cambridge and went on to receive his Ph.D. from the Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton
University in 1974.

Mr. Lake joined the State Department in 1962, where he served until
1970 as a Foreign Service Officer. His State Department career
included assignments as U.S. Vice Consul in Saigon (1963), U.S. Vice
Consul in Hue (1964-65) and Special Assistant to the Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs (1969-1970).

After work with the Muskie campaign, the Carnegie Endowment and
International Voluntary Services, Mr. Lake returned to the State
Department in 1977 to serve as Director of Policy Planning for
President Carter, a position he held until 1981.

Mr. Lake is the author of several books, including "Somoza Falling"
(1989), "Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmaking of American Foreign Policy"
(co-author) (1984) and "The 'Tar Baby' Option: American Policy Toward
Southern Rhodesia" (1976). In addition, he edited "After the Wars"
(1990) and was a contributing editor to "Legacy of Vietnam: The War,
American Society, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy" (1976).

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