Former Top U.S. Officials Who Support Closing Guantanamo

FIVE Secretaries of Defense

• Melvin Laird (1969-1973)
• Robert Gates (2006-2011)
• Leon Panetta (2011-2013)
• Chuck Hagel (2013-2015)
• Ash Carter (2015-2017)

FIVE Chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

• General Colin Powell (1989-1993)
• General Hugh Shelton (1997-2001)
• General Peter Pace (2005-2007)
• Admiral Mike Mullen (2007-2011)
• General Martin Dempsey (2011-2015)

EIGHT Secretaries of State

• Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
• James A. Baker III (1989-1992)
• Warren Christopher (1993-1997)
• Madeleine Albright (1997-2001)
• General Colin Powell (2001-2005)
• Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009)
• Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
• John Kerry (2013-2017)

FOUR CIA Directors

• Robert Gates (1991-1993)
• Leon Panetta (2009-2011)
• General David Petraeus (2011-2012)
• John Brennan (2013-2017)

TWO Directors of National Intelligence

• Admiral Dennis Blair (2009-2010)
• Lt. General James Clapper (2010-2017)

SIX National Security Advisors

• Henry Kissinger (1969-1975)
• Zbigniew Brzeninski (1977-1981)
• General Colin Powell (1987-1989)
• Condoleezza Rice (2001-2005)
• General James Jones (2009-2010)
• Susan Rice (2013-2017)