Under which president did this American retired politician and businessman serve as Secretary of Defense most recently that St. Petersburg Democratic Club's controversial "The Gabber" advertisement focused on?
St. Petersburg Democratic Club (United States) The Saint Petersburg Democratic Club is a political organization in St. Petersburg, Florida, which supports the Florida Democratic Party. In April 2004, it attracted massive negative national attention after placing an advertisement in a Gulfport, Florida weekly "The Gabber"mildly suggesting the killing of United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The language used in the ad parodied that used by Rumsfeld referring to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Charles Rivkin Charles Hammerman Rivkin (born 1962) is the former Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs from 2014 to 2017. Confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 12, 2014, Rivkin assumed office the following day, and was sworn in publicly by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on April 15, 2014. Rivkin's confirmation marks the first time a U.S. ambassador and former CEO has ever led the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the U.S. State Department. On April 28th, 2017 it was announced that Rivkin would succeed Chris Dodd as the chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, effective September 5th of that year.