Frank Carlucci

Gerald R. Ford Oral History Prioject

Frank Carlucci interviewed by Richard Norton Smith, September 9, 2009

Frank Carlucci first served as President Nixon’s Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity.  He would then become U.S. Ambassador to Portugal under Presidents Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter.  He also served as President Carter’s Deputy Director of the CIA and as President Reagan’s Deputy Secretary of Defense, National Security Advisor and Secretary of Defense.