Robert James Woolsey, Jr. (b.1941) is a foreign policy specialist and former Director of Central Intelligence who headed the Central Intelligence Agency from February 5, 1993 until January 10, 1995. A lawyer by training and trade, he held a variety of government positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including as Under Secretary of the Navy from 1977 to 1979, and was involved in treaty negotiations with the Soviet Union for five years in the 1980s. His career also included time as a professional lawyer, venture capitalist and investor in the private sector.
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If you’re enthusiastic about the things you’re working on, people will come ask you to do interesting things.
—R. James Woolsey, Jr.
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