1986, graduated first in class at the United States Military Academy at West Point; graduate, Harvard Law School. Served as a cavalry officer patrolling the Iron Curtain before the fall of the Berlin Wall; also served with the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry in the US Army’s Fourth Infantry Division. Formerly: founded Thayer Aerospace, serving as Chief Executive Officer for more than a decade; later became President of Sentry International, an oilfield equipment manufacturing, distribution, and service company; served four terms as Congressman from Kansas, 4th District; served on the House Intelligence Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee and House Select Benghazi Committee. January 2017 – April 2018, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Since April 2018, Secretary of State of the United States.