Susan Livingstone
Susan Livingstone | |
|---|---|
| United States Secretary of the Navy | |
| Acting January 30, 2003 – February 7, 2003 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Gordon R. England |
| Succeeded by | Hansford T. Johnson (acting) |
| United States Undersecretary of the Navy | |
| In office July 26, 2001 – February 28, 2003 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert B. Pirie Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Dionel M. Aviles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 13, 1946 Carthage, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | College of William & Mary (BA) University of Montana (MA) Tufts University (MA) |
Susan Morrisey Livingstone (born January 13, 1946) is an American retired politician who briefly served as the first female Acting United States Secretary of the Navy from January 24 to February 7, 2003. Livingstone also served as Under Secretary of the Navy under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003.
Livingstone played a crucial role in the effort to end coercive and abusive interrogation tactics at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. At the time, as Under Secretary of the Navy, Livingstone oversaw a large management portfolio, which included lawyers in the Navy General Counsel's office and investigators at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service who raised concerns about the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.