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-[[Image:Meese2.jpg‎|right|thumb|Edwin Meese, III]]
-'''Edwin Meese III''', born Dec. 2, 1931, to Edwin Jr. and Leone Meese in [[Oakland]], [[California]], is a prominent leader, thinker and elder statesman in the [[conservative]] movement – and America itself. From January 1981 to February 1985, Meese held the position of Counsel to the [[President]] – the senior position on the [[White House]] Staff – where he functioned as President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s chief policy adviser. He served as the seventy-fifth [[Attorney General]] of the [[United States]] from February 1985 to August 1988.
-[http://www.hoover.org/bios/meese.html]
-Edwin Meese is an expert on the U.S. legal system, law enforcement and criminal justice, intelligence and national security, and the Reagan Presidency. His current research focuses on the criminal justice system, federalism, emergency response management, and [[terrorism]]. He was advisor to Reagan at the time of the shootdown of [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]]. He is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution ([[Stanford University]]) and is Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and he holds the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy at the [[Heritage Foundation]].
-He graduated from [[Yale University]] in 1953 and holds a law degree from the [[University of California]]-Berkeley. He is a retired [[Colonel]] in the Army Reserve.
-Meese headed [[Ronald Reagan]]'s transition effort after the former governor won the 1980 presidential election. During the presidential campaign that year, he served as Chief of Staff and senior issues adviser for the Reagan-Bush Committee.[http://www.answers.com/topic/edwin-meese]
-== Attorney General ==
-*As the chief [[law enforcement]] officer, he led international efforts to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and organized crime.  In 1985, he received the Government Executive magazine's annual award for excellence in management. He served as chairman of the Domestic Policy Council and of the National Drug Policy Board, and was a member of the President's [[National Security Council]].
-*Meese established tough, new policies against [[pornography]]. He chaired a Commission on Pornography, which issued a two-volume report in 1986 that stated that there was a causal link between violent pornography and aggressive behavior toward women. The report broke new ground in its exploration of the problem of child pornography. The report also claimed that nonviolent sexually explicit material contributed to sexual violence, a conclusion challenged by many social scientists at the time, but more recently widely accepted. [http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/ls/agbiographies.htm#meese]
-== Pre-Presidential Service ==
-*From 1977 to 1981, Meese was a professor of law at the University of San Diego, where he also was director of the Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Management.
-*From 1969 to 1974, Meese served as Governor [[Ronald Reagan]]'s Executive Assistant and Chief of Staff in California, and as Legal Affairs Secretary from 1967 to 1968.
-*Before joining Governor [[Ronald Reagan]]'s staff in 1967, he served as deputy district attorney of Alameda County (Oakland), [[California]].
-*In addition to his background as a lawyer, educator and public official, Meese has been a business executive in the aerospace and transportation industry. From 1975 until May 1976, he served as Vice President for Administration of Rohr Industries Inc. in Chula Vista, California. He left Rohr to enter private law practice in San Diego County, California.
-== Family ==
-Meese and his wife, Ursula, live in McLean, Va. and Rancho Santa Fe, [[California]].  They have two grown children.
-==Writings==
-*His memoirs were published in the 1992 volume ''With Reagan: The Inside Story'' (Regnery Gateway).
-==See Also==
-*''[[The Zero Option]]''
-==External links==
-*[http://www.nndb.com/people/462/000023393/ Edwin Meese profile, NNDB]
-*[http://www.porn-report.com/ Attorney General's Commission on Pornography]
-*[http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/chap_31.htm Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters - U.S. Court of Appeals]
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-[[Category:Attorneys]]
-[[Category:Conservatives]]
-[[Category:Heritage Foundation]]
-[[Category:Reagan Era]]
-[[Category:Republican Party]]
-[[Category:United States Appointed Officials]]

Difference between revisions of "Edwin Meese III"

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