Released: Jul 22, 1997
Gordon currently serves as associate director of central intelligence for military support at the CIA. Prior to his tenure at the CIA, he was special assistant to the Air Force chief of staff for long-range planning.
The general also served as the director of operations for Air Force Space Command, responsible for overseeing and developing policy and guidance for the command's operational missions. Gordon previously worked with the National Security Council in the areas of defense and arms control, including the oversight and completion of the Strategic Arms Reductions Talks II negotiations.
Gordon received his bachelor of science degree with honors in physics from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and completed his master of science degree at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. He then received his master of arts degree in business administration from the Highlands University, Las Vegas, N.M.
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The deputy director acts for and exercises the powers of the director in the director's absence or disability or in the event of a vacancy in the position of director.