William H. Taft

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William H. Taft IV serves as a Trustees Board member with Freedom House

Biographical Information

Taft is described in his biography as being the Warren Christopher Visiting Professor of the Practice of International Law and Diplomacy at Stanford Law School and a retired partner in the Washington office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Taft formerly served as attorney adviser to the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, was the principal assistant to Caspar Weinberger then director of the Office of Management and Budget under Nixon, executive assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and was appointed by President Ford to serve as the department’s general counsel. His biography goes on to descibe that President Reagan appointed Taft as general counsel of the Department of Defense and he was later appointed Deputy Secretary of Defense. Taft has also served as acting Secretary of Defense after George H. W. Bush became president and served as U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO during the years after the Berlin Wall came down and the Cold War ended. George W. Bush appointed Taft to serve as chief legal advisor to the State Department under Colin Powell.

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