Dennis C. Blair General Michael Hagee, former Commandant of the Marine Corps, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Following his graduation from the Naval Academy, he was assigned to the guided missile destroyer . He then received a Rhodes Scholarship, reading Russian studies at Oxford University, attending during the same time future president Bill Clinton studied there. He served as a White House Fellow from 1975-76 with Wesley Clark and Marshall Carter. Blair spent over 34 years in the United States Navy. He served on guided missile destroyers in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and commanded the Kitty Hawk Battle Group between 1994
Premiership of Tony Blair Blair’s premiership has been termed as ‘presidential’ by various political commentators and authors. In 1997, Dan Balz of "Washington Post" narrated his take on Blair’s leadership: "Tony Blair has adopted many persons as Britain’s leader: political reformer, griever in chief, general host of Friday night town meetings, relentless enforcer of a disciplined message. Both as a candidate and as Prime Minister, Blair has embraced a presidential style of leadership geared for the age of television and the era of declining faith of political parties". Tony Blair’s presidential style of leadership was also the subject of study of Michael Foley’s book