Post Military Career
Following his Air Force retirement, Gordon was chosen as the first administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and also Under Secretary of Energy, responsible for the U.S. nuclear weapons program, a position he filled from June 2000 to June 2002. He next served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, then assumed duties as Homeland Security Advisor from June 2003 to June 2004. On September 16, 2004, he was inducted into the Naval Postgraduate School Hall of Fame. In October, 2005 John A. Gordon, US Air Force, retired, former Homeland Security Advisor to the White House, and member of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age was appointed to the VirtualAgility, Inc. Board of Advisors. Gordon joined the board of EDO Corporation in early 2007, and also serves on the Board of Trustees of Analytic Services, Inc.
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