Michael Dugan

Michael Dugan was the President of the United States of America during Great World War III and the Psychic Dominator Disaster.

Prior to the war beginning, President Michael Dugan got a phone call from General Carville informing him that the Soviets were launching an invasion. Dugan called Premier Romanov, leader of the USSR, and asked him what he was doing. When Dugan saw that the Premier was mad, he ordered an American nuclear response, in hopes of ending the war swiftly. He did not realize that America's military nuclear command channels had been compromised, allowing Yuri to transmit a signal that mind controlled its listeners. The nuclear counterattack didn't happen, and the Great World War 3 had begun.

Early in the war, he was mind controlled through a Psychic Beacon and called for all civilian and military personnel to surrender to the Soviet Union. But thanks to the quick actions of a young commander, Dugan influence under the Psychic Beacon was short lived. He was rescued and fled to Canada. It is unknown at this time what, if any information he may have devulged to his Soviet captors before his rescue.

He was eventually able to regain control of the U.S. and help devised the plan to use the Chronosphere to invade Moscow and capture Romanov. Romanov was then brought to the parliament building and forced to sign a treaty proclaiming that the Allies were victorious and that the Soviet Union would stand down.

Dugan was also President during Yuri's Psychic Dominator Disaster. After being communicated to directly by Yuri, and offering the psychic madman a 'full presidential pardon', Dugan ordered an immediate strike against the Psychic Dominator that was set up on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. This did not destroy it, but weakened its power source long enough to allow Allied troops to go back in time and stop Yuri.

Due to the damage caused by the time travel assassination carried out by Cherdenko, Michael Dugan is no longer reported to exist and was succeeded by Howard T. Ackerman as President.

Behind the scenes
Dugan was played by Ray Wise.