Dr. Donald Kerr became the fifteenth NRO Director in July 2005, was confirmed by the Senate on 4 October 2007 as Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and served in that position until January 20th, 2009. Wikipedia counts him as the 14th NRO director; the Bush White House archive and the Potomac Institute say fifteenth.
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| documents | georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov | Bush White House archive bio (fetched directly by this pipeline 2026-10-04): 'Dr. Kerr became the fifteenth NRO Director in July 2005' |
| documents | potomacinstitute.org | Potomac Institute (fetched directly by this pipeline 2026-10-04): confirmed by the Senate on October 4th, 2007 as principal deputy director of national intelligence and 'served in that position until January 20th, 2009' |
| documents | nro.gov | ODNI release 21-07, 5 Oct 2007 (quoted by E from a page E fetched in full via a different web tool, 2026-10-04; this cite rests on the relayed quote, not the whole page; blocked to this pipeline): 'confirmed on 4 October 2007 by the Senate as Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence' |
| corroborates | youtube.com | no independent cite in card |
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Dr. Donald Kerr became the fifteenth NRO Director in July 2005, was confirmed by the Senate on 4 October 2007 as Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and served in that position until January 20th, 2009. Wikipedia counts him as the 14th NRO director; the Bush White House archive and the Potomac Institute say fifteenth.
Held separately: Donald Kerr directed Los Alamos (1979-85), was a MITRE trustee from 2009 and board chair from 2018, and died in 2025.