BakerIii,JamesA

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James Addison Baker, III served in three president's administrations beginning in 1975 when he served under Ford as under secretary of commerce. In Reagan's administration he first served as chief of staff from 1981-1985 and then became secretary of the treasury during ReaganUs second term. Baker actually ran the campaigns of both BushUS campaigns and ReaganUS 1984 re-election. Baker currently practices law with the firm Baker & Botts (->) with offices in Houston and Washington, D.C and is Senior Counselor of the CarlyleGroup. On August 25th, 2002 James Baker, former Secretary of State during the Gulf War, said a unilateral US attack on Saddam Hussein would be "economically and politically perilous". Baker supported almost the entire war cabinet of Mr Bush Sr, with one - Lawrence Eagleburger, a former Secretary of State - bluntly denouncing pro-invasion hawks as dangerous and "devious". It echoed a similar warning from Brent Scowcroft (->) , Mr Bush Sr's National Security Adviser and Henry Kissinger (->). Norman Schwarzkopf, the retired US general who was allied commander in the Gulf War, warned the President against "going it alone". Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-394917,00.html