At the time of his retirement he was serving as the Director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency one of the intelligence agencies of the United States Intelligence Community
अध्यक्षीय कारकिर्दीअगोदर त्याने अमेरिकेच्या संयुक्त संस्थानांच्या प्रतिनिधिगृहात व सिनेटात पेन्सिल्व्हेनिया संस्थानाचे प्रतिनिधित्व केले.