For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 22, 2001
Statement by the Press Secretary
National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice announced today the
appointment of Robert G. Joseph as Special Assistant to the President
and Senior Director for Proliferation Strategy, Counterproliferation
and Homeland Defense, effective January 22, 2001.
Prior to joining the National Security Council staff, Dr. Joseph served
as a Professor of National Security Studies and Director of the Center
for Counterproliferation Research at the National Defense
University. In the previous Bush Administration, he held the
positions of U.S. Commissioner to the Standing Consultative Commission
(ABM Treaty) and Ambassador to the U.S.-Russian Consultative Commission
on Nuclear Testing. In the Reagan Administration, he held
several positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense,
including Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Policy and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy.
Dr. Joseph has taught at Carleton College and the Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University
and an MA from the University of Chicago.
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