United States Office of Economic Opportunity
The United States Office of Economic Opportunity was a division of the Executive Branch of the United States government
concerned with overall planning, promoting, and administering programs relative to the provision of opportunities for economic
advancement.
Under the president Nixon administration, the Office was headed by Donald Rumsfeld. Dick Cheney was under Rumsfeld's
tutelage. They were in charge of carrying forward the War on
Poverty.
President Nixon abolished the Office in 1974, in his last year as president.
Directors 1965-1974
R.Sargent Shriver 1965-1968 Bertrand Harding 1968-1969 Donald Rumsfeld 1969-1971 Frank C Carlucci 1971-1972 Philip V Sanchez
1972-1973 Arvin J Arnett 1973-1974
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