Fred F. Fielding

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32nd White House Counsel
Fred F. Fielding

19th White House Counsel
In office 1981 – 1986
Under President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Lloyd Cutler
Succeeded by	Peter J. Wallison
Incumbent
In office since 2007
Under President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Harriet Miers

Born	March 21, 1939 age 68 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Maria Dugger
Profession	Lawyer

Fred Fisher Fielding (born March 21, 1939) was selected on January 8, 2007 by President of the United States George W. Bush to replace outgoing White House Counsel Harriet Miers.^[1]

Fielding is a senior partner at Wiley Rein & Fielding, a Washington, D.C. law firm. He has served the American government in a number of roles throughout his career.

He served as Associate Counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1970 to 1972, where he was the deputy to John Dean during the Watergate scandal. He was the Counsel to the President for President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1986. Fielding has also served on the Tribunal on the U.S.-UK Air Treaty Dispute (1989-1994), as a member of the president's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform (1989), as a member of the Secretary of Transportation's Task Force on Aviation Disasters (1997-1998) and as a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9/11 Commission).

He is the chairman of the National Legal Center for the Public Interest.

He was born in Philadelphia and raised in Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors from Gettysburg College. He then attended the University of Virginia School of Law.

He married Maria Dugger on October 21, 1967. They have two children: Adam and Alexandra.

[edit] Deep Throat connection

In April 2003, a team of journalism students taught by William Gaines conducted a detailed review of source materials, leading them to conclude that Fielding was Deep Throat, the unnamed source for articles written by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.^[2]

This would prove to not be the case when former top Federal Bureau of Investigation official W. Mark Felt announced in May 2005 that he was the mysterious Watergate informant. This was later confirmed by Woodward, Bernstein and Executive Editor Ben Bradlee in a statement released through The Washington Post.

[edit] References

^ Allen, Mike. "Exclusive: Bush Picks a Replacement for Harriet Miers", Time, January 8, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
^ Noah, Timothy. "Was Fred Fielding Deep Throat?", Slate, April 8, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.

[edit] See also

Preceded by Lloyd Cutler	White House Counsel 1981-1986	Succeeded by Peter J. Wallison
Preceded by Harriet Miers	White House Counsel 2007 – present	Incumbent

Members of the 9/11 Commission
Kean (Chair) • Hamilton (Vice chair) Ben-Veniste • Fielding • Gorelick • Gorton • Kerrey • Lehman • Roemer • Thompson