Pete Geren

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Pete Geren
Official portrait, 2007
20th United States Secretary of the Army
In office March 9, 2007 – September 21, 2009
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Francis J. Harvey
Succeeded by	John M. McHugh
United States Under Secretary of the Army
In office February 21, 2006 – July 23, 2007
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Raymond F. DuBois
Succeeded by	Nelson M. Ford
Acting United States Secretary of the Air Force
In office June 29, 2005 – November 4, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Michael L. Dominguez
Succeeded by	Michael Wynne
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 12th district
In office September 12, 1989 – January 3, 1997
Preceded by	Jim Wright
Succeeded by	Kay Granger
Personal details
Born	Preston Murdoch Geren III (1952-01-29) January 29, 1952 (age 72) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Beckie Ray
Children	3
Relatives	Preston Geren Sr. (grandfather) Preston Geren Jr. (father) Charlie Geren (brother)
Education	University of Texas at Austin (BA, JD)
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Preston "Pete" Murdoch Geren III^[2] (born January 29, 1952) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 20th United States Secretary of the Army from July 16, 2007, to September 16, 2009. He is a Democratic former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 12th congressional district. He is the president of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation in Fort Worth, Texas^[3] and is a member of the board of trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia.