Marco Rubio

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Marco Antonio Rubio
United States Senator-elect from Florida
Taking office January 3, 2011
Succeeding	George LeMieux
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
In office January 2, 2007 – January 2, 2009
Preceded by	Allan Bense
Succeeded by	Ray Sansom
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 111th district
In office January 25, 2000 – January 2, 2009
Preceded by	Carlos Valdes
Succeeded by	Erik Fresen
Born	May 28, 1971 (1971-05-28) (age 39) Miami, Florida
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Jeanette Dousdebes; 4 children
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Catholic[1]

Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is the United States Senator-elect for Florida. He is a member of the Republican Party.^[2] The seat was vacated by Sen. Mel Martinez and is currently held by George LeMieux.
Rubio was the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives during the 2007 and 2008 legislative sessions. He was first elected to the Florida House on January 25, 2000, from the 111th district.

Contents [show] 1 Early life 2 Education 3 Political career 4 2010 U.S. Senate campaign 5 Presidential election 2012 6 Personal life 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Early life

Rubio is the second son and third child of Cuban exiles Mario Rubio (1927–2010)^[3] and Oria Garcia (born 1931), and was born in Miami, Florida. His siblings are: Mario (born 1950), Barbara (born 1960) and Veronica (born 1972). Rubio identifies himself as Catholic having been baptized, confirmed, and married in the Catholic Church, ^{[1] [4] [5]} Rubio is fluent in Spanish. His father was a bartender and his mother worked as a hotel housekeeper in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rubio lived in Las Vegas from 1979 to 1985, before his family returned to Miami in the summer of 1985.

[edit] Education

Rubio attended South Miami Senior High School and graduated in 1989. He then attended Tarkio College for one year on a football scholarship from 1989 to 1990, before enrolling at Santa Fe College, and then the University of Florida. He earned his B.S. degree in political science from the University of Florida in 1993, and his J.D. degree cum laude from the University of Miami in 1996.
While studying law, he interned for Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Political career

Marco Rubio served as a City Commissioner for West Miami before being elected to the Florida House of Representatives for the 111th District in a special election on January 25, 2000. He has won each of his re-election bids.^[6] In November 2006, he was elected Speaker of the Florida State House for the 2006-08 term.
He is the author of the book 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future. This book was compiled from Rubio's travels around the state to gather ideas from citizens. This was done through what Rubio calls "Idearaisers". Many of the issues that he pushed for in his first year as speaker came from ideas in this book. During 2007, Marco Rubio championed a major overhaul of the Florida tax system. He argued it would reduce property taxes and decrease the size of government.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2010 U.S. Senate campaign

Rubio speaking at CPAC in February 2010.

Main article: United States Senate election in Florida, 2010

On May 5, 2009, Rubio announced on his website that he planned to run for the United States Senate in 2010 for the Republican seat being vacated by Sen. Mel Martinez, who had resigned and been replaced by George LeMieux. Prior to the announcement, he had been meeting with fundraisers and supporters throughout the state.^[7] Initially trailing by double-digits against the incumbent Governor of his own party, Charlie Crist, Rubio eventually surpassed Crist in polling for the Republican nomination.^[8][9]
On April 28, 2010, Crist announced he would be running as an independent, effectively ceding the Republican nomination to Rubio.^[10] Several of Crist's top fundraisers, as well as Republican leadership, refused^[11][12] to support Crist after Rubio won the Republican nomination for Senate.^[13]
On November 2, 2010, Marco Rubio won the senatorial election with 48.9% of the vote to Crist's 29.7% and Democrat Kendrick Meek's 20.1%.^[14]

[edit] Presidential election 2012

As did a number of other successful Republican candidates in the 2010 mid term election nationwide, Rubio soon became the subject of otherwise unsupported media driven speculation as a potential GOP candidate for the presidential election of 2012. ^{[15] [16]}

[edit] Personal life

Rubio married Jeanette Dousdebes, a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader, in 1997. She is of Colombian descent, and together they have four children named Amanda, Daniella, Anthony, and Dominic.^[17] Rubio and his family live in West Miami, Florida.^[1][18] While Rubio regularly attends Catholic Mass,^[19] he has also attended and donated to the Christ Fellowship Church in West Kendall, Florida since 2004.^[4][20][21] This church, one of the largest in the United States,^[22] "describes itself as 'non-denominational' but is affiliated to the Southern Baptist Convention".^[19] Some observers have speculated that his attendance at both Catholic and Protestant churches despite their incompatible theologies is an attempt to court Hispanic voters, some of whom have embraced Protestantism as against a more established tendency among Hispanics to adhere to Catholicism.^[23]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Representative Marco Rubio." Florida House of Representatives.
2. ^ "Divided Congress on tap as GOP seizes House - Politics - Decision 2010 - msnbc.com". MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39962482/ns/politics-decision_2010/. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 
3. ^ Rubio's father dies at 83, Beth Reinhard, Miami Herald, September 5, 2010
4. ^ ^{a b} "What is Marco Rubio's Religion?" Politics Daily, Nov. 2, 2010 available at http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/11/01/what-is-marco-rubios-religion/
5. ^ Who Runs Gov/ Washington Post Profile. Available at http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Marco_Rubio
6. ^ "''Sun Sentinel report on Rubio". Sun-sentinel.com. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/politics/government/marco-rubio-PEPLT007456.topic. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 
7. ^ Beth Reinhard (March 5, 2009). "Marco Rubio quietly registers to run for U.S. Senate". Miami Herald. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/933424.html. 
8. ^ http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1297.xml?ReleaseID=1417
9. ^ "Rasmussen Reports - Florida Republic Senate primary". http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/florida/election_2010_florida_gop_senate_primary. Retrieved 2010-02-27. ^{[dead link]}
10. ^ "Crist to Run as Independent in FL Sen RaceLiveshots". Liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com. April 28, 2010. http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/04/28/crist-to-run-as-independent-in-fl-sen-race. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
11. ^ Romm, Tony (2010-04-18). "McConnell: Crist would lose all GOP support if he ran as independent". Thehill.com. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/92869-mcconnell-crist-would-lose-all-gop-support-if-he-ran-as-independent. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
12. ^ Martin, Jonathan; Catanese, David (April 17, 2010). "Top Charlie Crist supporters torn over indy bid". Politico. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35937.html#ixzz0lOevGjLm. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
13. ^ "Marco Rubio Wins Florida GOP Senate Primary". Huffingtonpost.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/24/marco-rubio-wins-florida-_n_693377.html. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 
14. ^ Post Store. "2010 election results show Republicans winning the House, not the Senate". Washingtonpost.com. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/02/AR2010110207506.html. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 
15. ^ 'President Obama, Marco Rubio face off on tax cuts The Christian Science Monitor, November 6, 2010
16. ^ Florida’s new senator seen as ‘Great Right Hope’ The Toronto STAR (CP) November 5, 2010
17. ^ Rettig, Jessica. "10 Things You Didn't Know About Marco Rubio." U.S. News and World Report. 2010-05-04.
18. ^ "Marco 101." Marco Rubio for US Senate.
19. ^ ^{a b} Thompson, Damian. "Marco Rubio Tries to Still Debate Over Religion", The Telegraph, Nov. 12, 2010
20. ^ Miami Herald, 22 May 2010, Rubio's income grew with his political clout, tax records show
21. ^ http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100062105/marco-rubio-the-catholic-senator-elect-from-florida-attends-and-donates-thousands-to-a-hardline-protestant-church/
22. ^ http://www.sermoncentral.com/articleb.asp?article=Top-100-Largest-Churches
23. ^ Mark Oppenheimer, "Marco Rubio: Catholic or Protestant?", New York Times, 27 November 2010

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Marco Rubio

• Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate official campaign site
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
• Collected news and commentary at The New York Times

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Namesake

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Namesake (sometimes "name's sake") is a term used to characterize a person, place, thing, quality, action, state, or idea that is called after, or named out of regard to, another. For example, if a target person, place, or thing is named after a source person, place, or thing, then the name target is said to be the namesake of the name source. First recorded in 1646 to mean "person named for the sake of someone", the reference to something being a namesake of something else imports a connection between the two that extends beyond sharing similarly looking names to one of a shared name, usually called the same name. Namesake may be distinguished from eponym in that a namesake usually includes a "sake" connection to the source name whereas an eponym name merely is derived from a source name without an additional sake connection.

Contents [show] 1 History 2 Usage 2.1 Discrepancies 3 Examples of namesakes 3.1 Popular culture 3.2 Scientific terms 3.3 Sports 3.4 Commercial products and entities 3.5 Professional examples 3.6 Namesake Cataloguing 4 See also 5 References

[edit] History

The term namesake was first recorded in 1646 to mean "person named for the sake of someone".^[1] Among other recordings, the 1646 usage was carred through in an 1806 publication, entitled A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language.^[2] Modern day usage has expanded to several uses for the term.^[3]

[edit] Usage

Using a namesake's name is a relatively common practice in naming children that has given rise to the large number of "Jr.", "III", and other name suffixes. Namesakes are often used in tribute to older, related persons, such as grandparents. Use of a namesake's name in a leadership position may indicate certain things, usually referring to certain traits of the namesake, such as in the use of papal regnal names.

Some commercial entities and products are named after their creators, such as the Trump Tower and Ford Motor Company. Items are also named after people associated with them, such as the teddy bear. This is especially the case with scientific discoveries and theories, such as Gibbs free energy. When the target name merely is derived from the source name without an additional "sake" connection, such usage more accurately may be called an eponym rather than a namesake.

[edit] Discrepancies

There has been some discrepancy as to whether the name source or the name target takes the term namesake. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a namesake is a person or thing named after another.^[4] In other words, the name target takes the term namesake, as in

"I was named after my grandfather. I am his namesake."

The Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary are not so restrictive. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a namesake is a person or thing having the same name as another. Webster's Dictionary defines "namesake" as "one that has the same name as another; esp. one who is named after another or for whom another is named",^[4] allowing the usage of:

"I met a person who happened to have the same name as me. We are namesakes."

By "for whom another is named", Webster's Dictionary allows the term namesake to be used in reference to the name source as in,^[4]

"I was named after my grandfather. He is my namesake."

Both usages of namesake are correct. This ambiguity sometimes may be resolved by the term namegiver, which refers to the name source as providing the name to the name receiver^{[citation needed]}.

James L. Jones

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James L. Jones, Jr.
General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC (Ret.) 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps 12th COMUSEUCOM & 14th SACEUR
22nd United States National Security Advisor
In office January 20, 2009 – October 8, 2010
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Stephen Hadley
Succeeded by	Thomas E. Donilon
Born	December 19, 1943 (age 66)(1943-12-19) Kansas City, Missouri
Alma mater	Georgetown University
Profession	U.S. Marine, Diplomat
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1967-2007
Rank	General
Commands	3rd Battalion 9th Marines 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit 2nd Marine Division Commandant of the Marine Corps United States European Command & Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Battles/wars	Vietnam War Gulf War
Awards	Defense Distinguished Service Medal (3) Silver Star Legion of Merit (5) Bronze Star French Légion d'honneur French Ordre national du Mérite Portugal Order of Aviz Canadian Meritorious Service Cross NATO Meritorious Service Medal

James Logan Jones, Jr. (born December 19, 1943) is a former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, more commonly referred to as the U.S. National Security Advisor, and a retired United States Marine Corpsgeneral.
During his military career, he served as Commander, United States European Command (COMUSEUCOM) and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) from 2003 to 2006 and as the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1999 to January 2003. Jones retired from the Marine Corps on February 1, 2007, after 40 years of service.
After retiring from the Marine Corps, Jones remained involved in national security and foreign policy issues. In 2007, Jones served as chairman of the Congressional Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq, which investigated the capabilities of the Iraqi police and armed forces. In November 2007, he was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of State as special envoy for Middle East security. He served as chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States from June 2007 to January 2009, when he assumed the post of National Security Advisor.
His upcoming resignation as National Security Advisor was announced on October 8, 2010 by the Associated Press; he will be replaced by Thomas E. Donilon.^[1]

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Military career 2.1 Early career 2.2 Senior staff and command 2.3 Commandant 2.4 SACEUR/EUCOM 2.5 Awards and decorations 3 Post-military career 3.1 Business roles 3.2 Diplomatic roles 3.3 National Security Advisor 4 Personal style 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External Links

[edit] Early life

James Logan Jones Jr. was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He is the son of James L. Jones, Sr., a decorated Marine in World War II who was an officer in the Observer Group and the commanding officer of its successor, the Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion. Having spent his formative years in France, where he attended the American School of Paris,^[2][3] he returned to the United States to attend the Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966. Jones, who is six feet four inches (1.93 m) tall, played forward on the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team.^[4]

[edit] Military career

[edit] Early career

In January 1967, Jones was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Upon completion of The Basic School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in October 1967, he was ordered to the Republic of Vietnam, where he served as a platoon and company commander with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines. While overseas, he was promoted to first lieutenant in June 1968.
Returning to the United States in December 1968, Jones was assigned to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, where he served as a company commander until May 1970. He then received orders to Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., for duties as a company commander, serving in this assignment until July 1973. While at this post (December 1970) he was promoted to captain. From July 1973 until June 1974, he was a student at the Amphibious Warfare School, Marine Corps University, MCB Quantico, Virginia.
In November 1974, he received orders to report to the 3rd Marine Division at MCB Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan, where he served as the commander of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, until December 1975.
From January 1976 to August 1979, Jones served in the Officer Assignments Section at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. During this assignment, he was promoted to major in July 1977. Remaining in Washington, his next assignment was as the Marine Corps liaison officer to the United States Senate, where he served until July 1984. In this assignment, his first commander was John McCain, then a U.S. Navy captain.^[4] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in September 1982

[edit] Senior staff and command

He was selected to attend the National War College in Washington, D.C. Following graduation in June 1985, he was assigned to command the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Marine Division, at Camp Pendleton, California, from July 1985 to July 1987.
In August 1987, Jones returned to Headquarters Marine Corps, where he served as senior aide to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. He was promoted to colonel in April 1988, and became the Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps in February 1989. During August 1990, Jones was assigned as the commanding officer of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. During his tour with the 24th MEU, he participated in Operation Provide Comfort in Northern Iraq and Turkey. He was advanced to brigadier general on April 23, 1992. Jones was assigned to duties as deputy director, J-3, U.S European Command, Stuttgart, Germany, on July 15, 1992. During this tour of duty, he was reassigned as chief of staff, Joint Task Force Provide Promise, for operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia.
Returning to the United States, he was advanced to the rank of major general in July 1994 and was assigned as commanding general, 2nd Marine Division, Marine Forces Atlantic, MCB Camp Lejeune. Jones next served as director, Expeditionary Warfare Division (N85), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, during 1996, then as the deputy chief of staff for plans, policies, and operations, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. He was advanced to lieutenant general on July 18, 1996. His next assignment was as the military assistant to the Secretary of Defense.

[edit] Commandant

Change of Command ceremony, 13 January 2003. SgtMaj Alford McMichael (left) salutes as General Jones (center) relinquishes command to General Michael Hagee (right).

On April 21, 1999, he was nominated for appointment to the grade of general and assignment as the 32nd commandant of the Marine Corps. He was promoted to general on June 30, 1999, and assumed the post on July 1, 1999. He served as commandant until January 2003, turning over the reins to General Michael Hagee.^[5]
Among other innovations during his career as Marine Corps commandant, Jones oversaw the Marine Corps' development of MARPAT camouflage uniforms, and the adoption of the Marine Corps Martial Arts ProgramM81 Woodland uniforms and the LINE combat system, respectively. (MCMAP). These replaced

[edit] SACEUR/EUCOM

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz (left) and Jones at press conference on Jones' assumption of command of EUCOM.

Jones assumed duties as the commander of U.S. European Command on January 16, 2003, and supreme allied commander Europe the following day. He was the first Marine Corps general to serve as SACEUR/EUCOM commander.
The Marine Corps had only recently begun to take on a larger share of high-level assignments in the Department of Defense. As of December 2006, Jones was one of five serving Marine Corps four-star general officers who outranked the current commandant of the Marine Corps (General James T. Conway) in terms of seniority and time in grade — the others being Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace; former commandant Michael Hagee, commander of U.S. Strategic Command James E. Cartwright, and Assistant Commandant Robert Magnus.^[6]
As SACEUR, Jones led the Allied Command Operations (ACO), comprising NATO’s military forces in Europe, from the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium, Jones relinquished command as SACEUR on December 7, 2006, and was succeeded by U.S. Army Gen. John Craddock.^[7]
Jones was reported to have declined an opportunity to succeed Gen. John P. Abizaid as commander of U.S. Central Command,^[8] and stepped down as SACEUR on December 4, 2006. He retired from the Marine Corps on February 1, 2007.^[7]

[edit] Awards and decorations

Jones' personal decorations include (Foreign and non-U.S. personal and unit decorations are in order of precedence based on military guidelines and award date):

First row	Defense Distinguished Service Medal w/ 2 oak leaf clusters				Silver Star				Legion of Merit w/ 4 award stars				Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Second row	Bronze Star w/ valor device			Combat Action Ribbon			Navy Presidential Unit Citation			Joint Meritorious Unit Award w/ 2 oak leaf clusters
Third row	Navy Unit Commendation			Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation w/ 3 service stars			National Defense Service Medal w/ 2 service stars			Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Fourth row	Vietnam Service Medal w/ 4 service stars			Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 service star			Armed Forces Service Medal			Humanitarian Service Medal
Fifth row	Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 7 service stars			Navy & Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon w/ 1 service star			NATO Meritorious Service Medal			Vietnam Gallantry Cross w/ bronze star
Sixth row	Legion of Honor, Commander			National Order of Merit, Officier			Meritorious Service Cross, post-nominal: M.S.C.[9]			Military Order of Italy, Commander
Seventh row	Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, 1st Class[10]			Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Commander's Grand Cross[11]			Military Order of Aviz, Grand Cross[12]			Vietnam Gallantry Cross unit citation
Eighth row	Vietnam Civil Actions unit citation			NATO Medal for Yugoslavia			Vietnam Campaign Medal			Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

[edit] Post-military career

[edit] Business roles

Following his retirement from the military, Jones became president of the Institute for 21st Century Energy,^[13] an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce;^[13] served as chair of the board of directors of the Atlantic Council of the United States from June 2007^[14] until January 2009 when he assumed the post of National Security Advisor.^[15]Project on National Security Reform, as well as chairman of the Independent Commission on Security Forces of Iraq.^[16] He also served as a member of the guiding coalition for the
Jones was a member of the Board of directors of The Boeing Company from June 21, 2007 to December 15, 2008, serving on the company's Audit and Finance Committees.^[17][18]
Jones was a member of the Board of directors of Cross Match Technologies, a privately held biometric solutions company, from October 2007 to January 2009. ^{[19] [20]}
Jones was a member of the Board of directors of Chevron Corporation from May 28, 2008 to December 5, 2008, serving on the Board Nominating and Governance and Public Policy Committees.^{[21][22] [23]}
According to the first report since he re-entered government service in January 2009, Jones earned salary and bonus of $900,000 from the U.S. Chamber, as well as director fees of $330,000 from the Boeing Company and $290,000 from Chevron Corporation.^[24]

[edit] Diplomatic roles

Then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Jones twice to be Deputy Secretary of State after Robert Zoellick^[25] resigned. He declined.
On May 25, 2007, Congress created an Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq to investigate for 120 days the capabilities of the Iraq armed forces and police.^[26] Jones served as chairman of that commission and reported on Congress on September 6, 2007^[27] noting serious deficiencies in the Iraq Interior Ministry and in the Iraq National Police.
Rice appointed Jones as a special envoy for Middle East security on November 28, 2007, working with Israelis and Palestinians to strengthen security for both sides.^{[28] [29]}

[edit] National Security Advisor

Jones shakes hands with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai.

On December 1, 2008 then-President-elect Obama announced Jones as his selection for National Security Advisor.^[30][31] The National Security Advisor is appointed by the President without confirmation by the United States Senate.
The pick surprised people because, as Michael Crowley reported "The two men didn't meet until Obama's foreign policy aide, Mark Lippert, arranged a 2005 sit-down, and, as of this October, Jones had only spoken to Obama twice."^[32] Crowley speculated that Jones' record suggests he is "someone who, unencumbered by strong ideological leanings, can evaluate ideas dispassionately whether they come from left or right," and, "This is probably why Obama picked him." Jones was also picked because he is well-respected and likely to possess the skills to navigate the other prestigious and powerful cabinet members. "He does not appear to be a natural antagonist of anyone else on the team. Though he doesn't know Gates especially well, both men share long experience in the national security establishment (Gates was in the Air Force and previously headed the CIA). Jones and Clinton have a more direct connection, having bonded — as Hillary did with many military officials — during her tenure on the Senate Armed Services Committee. The two are said to have particularly clicked at a 2005 conference on security policy in Munich. Jones hosted a small private dinner that included Clinton and South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, among others; at the end of the convivial evening, according to one person present, Jones followed Clinton out to her car to visit in private."^[32]
Jones assumed the post when Obama was sworn into office on January 20, 2009.

[edit] Personal style

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, who hired Jones as his military assistant, is quoted as saying Jones has a placid demeanor and a “methodical approach to problems — he’s able to view issues at both the strategic and tactical level.”^[33] While Commandant of the Marine Corps, Jones often signed emails as "Rifleman", as he served as an infantry officer.^{[citation needed]}