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R. James Woolsey, CIA Director Under Clinton, Dies at 84

Woolsey served a brief and embattled tenure as director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the 1990s.

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R. James Woolsey, who served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency under President Bill Clinton, has died at age 84.

Woolsey died on a Wednesday, at his home in Washington, D.C., according to his wife, Conchita Sarnoff Woolsey, who told The New York Times that the cause was a stroke.

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  1. The New York Times — James Woolsey, Embattled C.I.A. Director Under Clinton, Dies at 84 (opens in a new window)
  2. thehill.com — Former CIA Director James Woolsey dies (opens in a new window)
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