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Jim Carroll
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| Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy | |
| In office February 9, 2018 – January 20, 2021 Acting: February 9, 2018 – January 3, 2019 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Rich Baum (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Regina LaBelle (Acting) |
| White House Principal Deputy Chief of Staff | |
| In office December 6, 2017 – February 9, 2018 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Kirstjen Nielsen |
| Succeeded by | Zachary Fuentes |
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| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) George Mason University (JD) |
James W. Carroll Jr. is an American attorney and government appointee, who served as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Trump Administration from February 9, 2018 until January 20, 2021.
Education
Carroll received his B.A. from the University of Virginia and his J.D. degree from George Mason University.
Career
General Counsel in the Office of Management and Budget, and an attorney in the Office of the White House Counsel for Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush. He later served as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff.
He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Office of National Drug Control Policy on January 2, 2019. Carroll was sworn into office by Vice President Mike Pence on January 31.
In 2021, Carroll compared fentanyl to weapons of mass destruction.
