Jim Houseman
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| Jim Houseman | |
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| Nationality |  American
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| Affiliations | U.S. Armed Forces The Patriots U.S. Government |
| Occcupation | U.S. Secretary of Defense |
| Current status | Deceased |
| Hair Colour | Blond |
| Appears in | Metal Gear Solid |
| Created by | Hideo Kojima |
| Designed by | Yoji Shinkawa |
| English voice | William Basset |
| Japanese voice | Tomohisa Aso |
Jim Houseman (ジム・ハウスマン Jimu Hausuman?) is the United States Secretary of Defense and serves as the mission controller during the Shadow Moses Incident via AWACS.
[edit] Early Career
In the 1970s, Jim Houseman served as a General in the United States Military. It was in this position that he, along with President Richard Nixon, were both involved in the Patriots funded Les Enfants Terribles project. Both Houseman and the President were in attendance as the surrogate mother gave birth to the first two sons of Big Boss: Solid Snake and Liquid Snake, however it is unknown whether Houseman knew the identity of the third son, George Sears, during his time as Secretary of Defense.
[edit] FOXHOUND Rebellion
He orchestrated the Shadow Moses Operation for the true purpose of obtaining the optical disk with the Metal Gear REX data, although he also has a seemingly genuine concern for his friend, Donald Anderson, who was taken hostage during the incident. When Snake destroys REX, he puts Colonel Campbell under arrest and orders a nuclear strike over the disposal facility to cover up the incident, which would've destroyed the entire island and everyone in it, including Solid Snake and Liquid Snake. However, the proposed nuclear strike never occurs, as Houseman is forcefully relieved from his duties by Richard Ames under orders from the Patriots, who were against the strike. Instead, Campbell was exonerated from the charges as full blame was laid on Houseman for the incident.
After the Shadow Moses incident, Houseman reportedly suffered from an apparent nervous breakdown and died from a self-inflicted gunshot. However, it is implied in Nastasha Romanenko's book, In the Darkness of Shadow Moses, that his death might had actually been an assassination covered up as suicide due to his refusal for taking the fall.
