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Line 58: ==Later life== After his tenure as Secretary of the Army ended in 1981, Alexander formed the consulting firm of Alexander and Associates with his wife.<ref name="NYT obit"/> In addition, he served on the boards of directors of several national corporations and was a member of the Board of Governors of the [[American Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biographies – Clifford L. Alexander Jr.|url=https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/clifford-l-alexander-jr/|first=Jennifer|last=Ezell|access-date=July 9, 2022|publisher=National Museum of the United States Army}}</ref> He served as a political and campaign advisor to [[Barack Obama]] in 2008.<ref name="NYT obit"/> During an interview for the Koeppel report in the 1980's, Alexander confessed that he expected to die before seeing an African-American Senator, President or head of a fortune 500 company. 27:44 into D.C. /Divided City 1980's ABC news special on youtube.\. It is so cool that he got to live to see it! I hope someone can clean up this ugly edit for me, people should know how happy this guy must have been to help get Obama elected. Alexander was outspoken in his opposition to the "[[Don't Ask, Don't Tell]]" policy of the military, signed a statement in November 2008 calling for its repeal so that gays could serve openly.<ref>{{cite news|title=Admirals, generals: Let gays serve openly|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27774058|date=November 17, 2008|access-date=July 9, 2022|publisher=NBC News|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> He also expressed his point of view on the matter in his interviews by [[Rachel Maddow]] on April 3 and May 11, 2009,<ref>{{cite news|title='The Rachel Maddow Show' for Thursday, April 2, 2009|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30029387|date=April 3, 2009|access-date=July 9, 2022|publisher=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='The Rachel Maddow Show' for Monday, May 11, 2009|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30766508|date=May 15, 2009|access-date=July 9, 2022|publisher=NBC News}}</ref> as well as on June 28, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title='The Rachel Maddow Show' for Friday, June 28th, 2013|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna52365883|date=July 1, 2013|access-date=July 9, 2022|publisher=NBC News}}</ref> | |||