Bruce Axelrod
Bruce Axelrod | |
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| Deputy Secretary of National Security | |
| Assumed office July 10, 2021 | |
| President | Deborah Van Roose |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Director of the DSS | |
| Assumed office December 2020 | |
| President | Deborah Van Roose |
| Preceded by | William Patton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bruce Richard Axelrod 1946 |
| Political party | United Party |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal (1965-1967) |
| Spouse | Maryanne Axelrod (neé Lincoln) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Pres. Herbert Walker-Busch (2nd Cousin) |
| Alma mater | University of Vandergart at Felderling |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Delamaria |
| Branch/service | Delamarian Army |
| Years of service | 1967-1978 |
| Rank | Sargent |
| Unit | 2nd Observation Unit |
| Awards | Armed Service Medal Achievement in Intelligence Medal Clandestine Operations Star Navy Heart |
Bruce Axelrod is a Delamarian government official and intelligence officer, currently serving as Deputy Secretary of National Security and Director of the Delamarian Security Service. He has spent his entire career in government of military intelligence service, serving in Army intelligence from 1967 to 1978 and in the DSS since 1980. He has served as Director of Regional Affairs, Director of Counterterrorism and Director of Domestic Operations at the DSS and was appointed Deputy Director in 2012, under then DSS director William Patton, and rose to be director in 2020 when Patton was appointed Vice President of Delamaria.
Axelrod was born in Kallister in 1946 to then Lt. Governor Richard Axelrod and Sarah Cheney Axelrod, cousin of Rebecca Cheney Walker, the mother of President of Delamaria Herbert Walker-Busch. His father, a prominent state politician, was the son of Anglian immigrants, and would go on to run for Governor of Kallister when Bruce was 2. He would lose the election by a slim margin after it became known that Axelrod's superior, Governor Chris Hans, was accepting bribes on behalf of Cogoil to allow them to drill in protected lands. Instead, he ran for the House of Delegates, and served as a delegate until he retired in 1978. Axelrod's father was key in influencing him into working in public service, and after graduating from the University of Vandergart in Felderling he joined Delamarian Army Intelligence in the 2nd Observation Unit. After 11 years in the army, and achieving the position of Sergeant, Axelrod was recruited by the DSS as an intelligence officer. Little is known about Axelrod's undercover work, but in an interview in 2011 he stated that he worked in Europa and later Alharu.
Axelrod then served as an advisor to the Secretary of Defence and later Secretary of Foreign Affairs, where he became familiar with politics and the public face of government. In 1986 he was appointed Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Defence,by President Conover, the position granted him a high rank within the Foreign Affairs Department as well as significant power within the Department of Defence. Axelrod quickly took to promoting Delamarian intrests, specifically those of his good friends in the DSS. Axelrod held weekly meetings with the DSS director to discuss foreign affairs and opportunities for Delamaria. Axelrod was briefly considered a candidate for Governor of Kallister and later a Senator, however Axelrod preferred bureaucracy to domestic politics.
As Under Secretary, Axelrod wielded his power to push his ideas and opinions through, despite being a junior member of the government he was held in high regard by the President which led to Foreign Affairs secretary Edward Carter often being overlooked. Within the Foreign Affairs Department Axelrod was treated as though he was the secretary, and often recieved information and dealt with matters long before Carter. This annoyed Carter however he was embroiled in scandal, and therefore was forced to leave the management of the Department to Axelrod.
