James W. Carroll Jr. is an American attorney and government appointee, who served as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Trump Administration from February 9, 2018 until January 20, 2021.[1][2]
Jim Carroll | |
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| Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy | |
| In office February 9, 2018 – January 20, 2021 Acting: February 9, 2018 – January 3, 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Rich Baum (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Regina LaBelle (Acting) |
| White House Principal Deputy Chief of Staff | |
| In office December 6, 2017 – February 9, 2018 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Kirstjen Nielsen |
| Succeeded by | Zachary Fuentes |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) George Mason University (JD) |
Education
editCarroll received his B.A. from the University of Virginia and his J.D. degree from George Mason University.[3]
Career
editGeneral Counsel in the Office of Management and Budget, and an attorney in the Office of the White House Counsel for Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush.[4] He later served as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff.[5]
He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Office of National Drug Control Policy on January 2, 2019. Carroll was sworn into office by Vice President Mike Pence on January 31.[6]
In 2021, Carroll compared fentanyl to weapons of mass destruction.[7]
References
edit- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Appointments for the Executive Office of the President". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved February 9, 2018 – via National Archives.
- ^ "PN1864 — James W. Carroll Jr. — Executive Office of the President". U.S. Congress. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Jim Carroll – The White House". trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to the Office of the White House Counsel". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved March 7, 2017 – via National Archives.
- ^ Restuccia, Andrew; Karni, Annie (December 21, 2017). "Trump eyes former aides as West Wing staffers depart". Politico.
- ^ "APhA Attends Swearing-In Ceremony of National Drug Control Policy Director". American Pharmacists Association. February 4, 2019. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
- ^ Vazquez, Maegan (2021-09-30). "Biden administration grapples with American addiction as overdose deaths hit a record high | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
External links
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Media related to James W. Carroll at Wikimedia Commons
