For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 5, 2001
President Bush Nominates Paul Wolfowitz Deputy Secretary of Defense
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
Dr.
Paul Wolfowitz as Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Dr. Wolfowitz joins the Defense Department from his position as Dean of
the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies. He is a veteran of both the Reagan
and George H. W. Bush Administrations. At the beginning of
the Reagan Administration, he served as Director of Policy Planning for
the Department of State and then Assistant Secretary of State for East
Asian and Pacific Affairs. In 1986, he was appointed U.S.
Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia. Under President
George H. W. Bush, Dr. Wolfowitz served as Undersecretary of Defense
for Policy. He has received several awards including the
President's Citizen's Medal in 1991, the State Department Distinguished
Service Medal in 1986 and the Defense Department Distinguished Civilian
Service Medal in 1980.
Wolfowitz, 57, is a native of New York and a graduate of Cornell
University. He received both his Master's degree and Ph.D. from the
University of Chicago. He presently lives in Maryland and
is the father of three.
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