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Richard C. Powers – Assistant Director, Office of Congressional Affairs
Mr. Powers heads the Office of Congressional Affairs at FBI Headquarters. Prior to this assignment he was the Special Agent in Charge for the FBI's Denver Division, providing oversight for all FBI operations in the states of Colorado and Wyoming. Before becoming Special Agent in Charge he served as Inspector/Section Chief in the Office of Congressional Affairs.
Mr. Powers' other FBI assignments have included: Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Houston Division, overseeing the counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and cybercrime programs; Supervisory Special Agent, Texas City Resident Agency, overseeing the FBI’s efforts along the Texas Gulf coast; supervising an FBI sponsored violent crime task force, including being detailed to the Drug Enforcement Administration to supervise a multi-agency major case squad; and coordination of interagency policy issues, international initiatives, and major investigations in the Organized Crime/Drug Section at FBI Headquarters. Mr. Powers received the Director's Award for Distinguished Service to the Law Enforcement Community in 2004.
Mr. Powers has served in special assignments related to crisis management and law enforcement hostage/crisis negotiations. He completed initial and advanced negotiation training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia and is a graduate of the National Negotiators Course at Scotland Yard, London. In addition to training state and local officers, assignments have included terrorist kidnappings in Kashmir, India and numerous U.S. hostage/barricade incidents.
Before his appointment to the FBI, Mr. Powers served as a police officer and drug task force supervisor in the Chicago area. He was also a college legal instructor, state prosecutor, and a civil litigation attorney in Florida.
Mr. Powers earned a B.A. in International Studies from the University of West Florida and a J.D. from the Florida State University College of Law. He is married and has three children.
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