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Xref: sparky alt.news-media:1713 alt.politics.org.misc:29 Path: sparky!uunet!usc!wupost!gumby!yale!mintaka.lcs.mit.edu!ai-lab!ai-lab!not-for-mail From: Clinton-HQ@Campaign92.Org (Clinton/Gore '92) Newsgroups: alt.news-media,alt.politics.org.misc Subject: CLINTON: Dec 22, 1992 release Date: 3 Jan 1993 23:21:11 -0500 Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab Lines: 837 Sender: daemon@ai.mit.edu Message-ID: <1i8dvnINNorn@life.ai.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: life.ai.mit.edu Posted by: Office of the President-elect Released: December 22, 1992 Posted: January 3, 1993 DEPARTMENT TITLE: State Department SECRETARY DESIGNEE: Warren Christopher DEPUTY SECRETARY DESIGNEE: Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. The State Department is the cabinet-level agency that advises the president in the formulation and execution of American foreign policy. Its primary objective is to promote the long-range security and well-being of the United States. The department maintains embassies and consulates in almost all the nations of the world. It represents the United States in more than fifty international organizations and more than 800 international conferences annually. Its duties also include negotiating treaties with foreign governments, issuing passports to Americans and granting visas to foreigners to visit the United States. Five regional bureaus are responsible for the various regions of the world: the Bureaus of African Affairs; European Affairs; East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Inter-American affairs; and Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. These bureaus help devise policy as well as supervise its implementation and are assisted by "country desks" headed by some fifty country directors. The department also has eleven functional bureaus and offices. They are: * Economic and Business Affairs * Intelligence and Research * International Organization Affairs * Legal Adviser * Public Affairs * Consular Affairs * Politico-Military Affairs * Oceans and International Environment and Scientific Affairs * Protocol * Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs * Refugee Programs December 22, 1992 STATEMENT OF WARREN CHRISTOPHER Today I want to thank Governor Clinton for making a dream come true. In my law school days, I was inspired to public service by the examples of General George Marshall and Dean Acheson, but it was beyond imagining that I would someday be asked to serve in the office they held. Marshall and Acheson were present at the creation of the cold war era. Then we were being challenged by a formidable adversary, and an alien ideology. America measured its success by how well it contained Soviet expansion and halted the spread of communism. Today we face a new and more complicated era. As Governor Clinton said, we are "the inheritors of a new world." That world is still a dangerous place. While the risk of nuclear war has diminished, the new era has produced a new set of dangers -- ethnic and religious conflicts threaten to ignite widespread hostilities in Central and Eastern Europe; weapons of mass destruction may reach the hands of untested and unstable powers; new threats spring from old rivalries in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. At the same time, we face a world where borders matter less and less; a world that demands we join other nations to face challenges that range from overpopulation to AIDS to the very destruction of our planet's life support system. In this new era, the Clinton/Gore Administration will be confronted again and again by whether and how to use U.S. power and U.S. resources. We will need bold new thinking to guide us in this new era. In contrast to the well-understood goals of the Cold War era, it will be difficult to measure success as we deal with these new challenges. No doubt our surest test will be the well being of the American people and their unfailing concern for others. In confronting these challenges we must remain cognizant that a great power requires not only military might but a powerful economy at home -- an economy prepared for global competition. In today's world, that means that foreign policy and domestic policy must be addressed simultaneously, not sequentially -- or else neither will be successful for very long. Every four years the voters have an opportunity to reset our course in foreign policy. This year they embraced Governor Clinton's concept that the strength of our economy is the foundation of our foreign policy, that our force structure needs to be revamped, and that democracy must be promoted on a world-wide basis. But his administration will pursue these goals with an appreciation of history, both recent and ancient. American foreign policy is a continuum. It is at its best when it reflects a bipartisan consensus as with the Marshall Plan or the quest for arms control. Politics may not stop at the water's edge but its intensity should yield to the national interest. Nothing could be more wasteful than for a new administration to abandon constructive initiatives like the Middle East peace talks or relief efforts in Somalia. Last February, at a time of uncertainty in the campaign, I introduced Governor Clinton by saying he had the kind of character that is essential for a President. That judgment, guided then more by intuition than by knowledge, has been confirmed one hundred fold as he asked me to help him in the process of selecting his Vice President and now his Cabinet. I am honored to serve with the national security team he has chosen, and I am particularly pleased that Cliff Wharton, a great American, and I will be working together at State. I hope I can help President-elect Clinton achieve the success that his talents and ideals warrant. If I may close on a personal note -- I am grateful to many, but most of all to my wife Marie for her willingness, one day after our 36th anniversary, to leave our beloved California and join me in yet another adventure. In 1981, when all 52 hostages came out of Iran alive and relatively well, I was so thankful that I resolved not to impose again by asking for divine assistance in my national endeavors. Evidently God had other plans. So I humbly ask for the strength and vision to carry out the new task that Governor Clinton has so generously given me. NAME: Warren Christopher SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Secretary of State TRANSITION POST: Transition Board Member EDUCATION: Univ. of Southern California (1945) Stanford Law School (1949) Mr. Christopher was born in Scranton, North Dakota, on October 27, 1925. From July 1943 to September 1946, he served in the Naval reserve, with active duty as an Ensign in the Pacific Theater. From October 1949 to September 1950, Mr. Christopher served as law clerk to Justice William O. Douglas of the United States Supreme Court. He then Practiced law with the firm of O'Melveny & Myers from October 1950 to June 1967, becoming a partner in 1958. Mr. Christopher served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States from June 1967 until January 20, 1969, after which he rejoined O'Melveny & Myers. Mr. Christopher was sworn in on February 26, 1977 as the Deputy Secretary of State of the United States and served in that position until January 20, 1981. President Carter awarded him the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, on January 16, 1981. He rejoined O'Melveny & Myers in February 1981 and is now the firm's Chairman. Mr. Christopher's professional activities have included service as President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (1974-75); Chairman of the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary of the American Bar Association (1975-76); Chairman of the Standing Committee on Aeronautical Law of the ABA (1966-77); member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California (1975-76); and Special Counsel to California Governor Edmund G. Brown in 1959. His civic activities have included: Member of the Board of Trustees of Stanford University (1971-77, 1981-91, 1992-present) (President, 1985-88); Director, Southern California Edison Company (1971-77, 1981-present); Director, First Interstate Bancorp (1981- present); Director, Lockheed Corporation (1987-present); Chairman, Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees (1990); Director and Vice-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations (1982-91); Director, Los Angeles World Affairs Council (1987-present); Vice Chairman of Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots (1965- 66); member of the Trilateral Commission (1975-77, 1981-88); Special Consultant to Under Secretary George W. Ball on Foreign Economic Problems (1961-65); President, Coordinating Council for Higher Education in the State of California (1963-65); Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1988-present); member of the Executive Committee of the America Agenda (1988). Mr. Christopher is married to the former Marie Wyllis. They have three children: Scott, Thomas and Kristen. Mr. Christopher also has a daughter, Lynn. STATEMENT OF DR. CLIFTON R. WHARTON, JR. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE-DESIGNEE I am privileged to be asked to join President-elect Clinton and his designated Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, in their determined efforts to form a foreign policy that is responsive to world needs for peace and progress as well as guaranteeing the strength of the United States. President-elect Clinton has been given an unprecedented opportunity to forge a new foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. As the child of a career foreign service officer, I understand what this opportunity means for our country and for the world. I hope that my experience in foreign economic development, agriculture, and international education will help to define that mission. We have a formidable challenge ahead of us. I look forward to working with Secretary of State-designee Christopher -- and with the President-elect -- in meeting this challenge during the months and years ahead. NAME: Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. DEPUTY SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Department of State EDUCATION: B.A. Harvard University M.A. International Studies, John's Hopkins University Ph.D. Economics, University of Chicago Dr. Wharton began his career in 1948 as a foundation official assisting developing nations in Latin America and then in Southeast Asia. He is a recipient of the Joseph Wilson Award and the Presidential Freedom from Hunger Award. Dr. Wharton was also a trustee and then Chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation, the first African-American to chair the board of a major U.S. foundation. In 1970, Dr. Wharton was elected President of Michigan State University, thereby becoming the first Black to head a predominately white university in the United States. Upon leaving MSU in 1978, he became the Chancellor of the State University of New York System, the largest university system in the country with 64 campuses and 380,000 students. In 1987, Wharton was chosen to be Chairman and CEO of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and the College Retirement Equities Fund. With assets of $112 billion, TIAA-CREF is the largest private pension fund in the world and the third largest insurance company in the U.S. Once again Wharton pioneered as the first Black to head a Fortune 100 company. Dr. Wharton serves as a director of the Ford Motor Company, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He has held presidential appointments under four presidents, among them he served as the first chairman of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, AID, U.S. Department of State. He has also been a consultant to various UN agencies and foreign governments. Dr. Wharton, the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago, holds 48 honorary degrees. He is the son of the late Clifton R. Wharton, Sr., the first Black career Ambassador who was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer for 40 years. DEPARTMENT TITLE: National Security Council NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR: Anthony Lake DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR: Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger The National Security Advisor is director of the National Security Council, the major advising body to the president on matters of domestic, foreign and military policy as they relate to national security. On the Council are the President, Vice President, secretaries of state and defense and others. Formed to coordinate policy and intelligence-gathering efforts after the United States emerged as a superpower at the end of World War II, the NSC oversees the president's Situation Room, assesses risks to national security and makes recommendations on actions to be taken in time of emergency. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff serves as the military advisor to the Council and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency serves as its intelligence advisor. The president is Council chairman. Both the CIA and National Security Agency are attached to the Council. The NSC was formed under the National Security Act of 1947, but since that time its role has expanded to the point that today the National Security Advisor is one of the most important counselors to the president on security matters. The advisor is appointed by the President and does not require Senate approval. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary) -30-30-30- STATEMENT OF ANTHONY LAKE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR This is what I am grateful for: For the opportunity to serve this President in such exciting times. I share the confidence in him -- the great sense of hope -- that so many millions of Americans have expressed. For the opportunity also to work with the Vice President and the team of skilled colleagues here today. For the chance to continue to work with my Deputy, Sandy Berger, as we did during the campaign. And for a family that encouraged me to do this. And this is what I look forward to: To helping this President define American national security policy in an extraordinary new world of turbulent dangers and enormous opportunity. Our daily headlines suggest that not since 1968 has a new Administration faced more difficult foreign problems. But I am convinced that out of these nettles we can pluck progress and greater security. I look forward to making sure, as best I can, that the President gets the wide array of alternatives, the concise information, and the broad range of advice that he requires -- and that his decisions are carried out with dispatch. And I hope to see a year from now, and beyond, a group of senior national security officials who are as collegial and amicable as they are today. There is an immense amount of work to be done.I cannot wait. -30-30-30- NAME: Anthony Lake ADMINISTRATION POST: National Security Advisor EDUCATION: A.B. Harvard College, magna cum laude (1961) Ph.D. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (1974) Mr. Lake currently divides his time between the farm he and his wife manage in western Massachusetts and Mount Holyoke College, where he has been Five College Professor of International Relations since 1981. He also served as a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Clinton/Gore campaign. In 1961, Mr. Lake received an A.B. degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard College. He then read international economics at Trinity College, Cambridge, and went on to receive his Ph.D. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1974. Mr. Lake joined the State Department in 1962, where he served until 1970 as a Foreign Service Officer. His distinguished State Department career included assignments as U.S. Vice Consul in Saigon, Vietnam (1963), U.S. Vice Consul in Hue, Vietnam (1964-1965), and Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1969-1970). After work with the Muskie campaign, the Carnegie Endowment and International Voluntary Services, Mr. Lake returned to the State Department in 1977 to serve as Director of Policy Planning for President Carter, a position he held until 1981. Mr. Lake is the author of several books including Somoza Falling (1989), Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmaking of American Foreign Policy (co-author) (1984) and The "Tar Baby" Option: American Policy Toward Southern Rhodesia (1976). In addition, he edited After the Wars (1990) and was a contributing editor to Legacy of Vietnam: The War, American Society, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy (1976). He is married and has three children. -30-30-30- STATEMENT OF SAMUEL R. "SANDY" BERGER DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR Over the past year, I have had the sometimes exhausting privilege of travelling across America with Governor Clinton and Senator Gore as they campaigned for the Presidency. I have seen the faces of Americans change from cynicism to hope . . . from serious doubt to genuine excitement about the possibilities of the future. That is where foreign policy begins -- with the interests, the aspirations and the values of the American people. I firmly believe that our nation this year has elected two leaders -- Bill Clinton and Al Gore -- who will summon the very best that is in all of us as Americans . . . who will strengthen America, at home and abroad. I am grateful for the opportunity to help them achieve their vision for America . . . to serve as Deputy to my friend Tony Lake . . . and to be a part of the team of people on this platform for whom I have such great respect. Thank you. -30-30-30- NAME: Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger ADMINISTRATION POST: Deputy National Security Advisor TRANSITION POST: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor CAMPAIGN POST: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor EDUCATION: B.A., Cornell (1967) J.D. Harvard (1971) Mr. Berger has varied experience in government, having served as Special Assistant to former New York City Mayor John Lindsay; Legislative Assistant for former U.S. Senator Harold Hughes (Iowa) and Congressman Joseph Resnick (NY); and Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State, 1977-1980. During his tenure at the State Department, Mr. Berger served under Secretaries of State Cyrus Vance and Edmund Muskie and was involved in a wide variety of international economic, security and foreign policy matters. Mr. Berger has also been active Democratic Party affairs, serving as advisor and speechwriter to Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and advising Senators and Members of Congress. Mr. Berger has written on political and international affairs, including articles in The New York Times. He is also on the board of the International Human Rights Law Group and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of Dollar Harvest, a book on American rural politics. Mr. Berger is on leave from the Washington law firm of Hogan & Hartson, where he is a partner. -30-30-30- DEPARTMENT TITLE: Central Intelligence Agency DIRECTOR DESIGNEE: James Woolsey Established under the National Security Act of 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency collects and analyzes foreign intelligence and carries out clandestine operations abroad. With the information it gathers, the CIA makes national security recommendations to the National Security Council and the President. While the CIA is charged with worldwide intelligence gathering and counterintelligence activities, it is prohibited from carrying out espionage activities within the United States. The CIA is a secret independent agency with an undisclosed budget and is not subject to traditional congressional expenditure audits. The CIA Director, appointed by the President with Senate approval, is a member of the Cabinet. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary) -30-30-30- STATEMENT OF R. JAMES WOOLSEY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE-DESIGNATE Governor, I want to thank you for the confidence you have shown in me by indicating your attention to nominate me to be Director of Central Intelligence,. The problem posed by one enemy with a world-wide reach has gone with the end of the cold war. But the problems posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorisim, drugs, ethnic and national hatreds, ecological damage, and tough economic competition all give American intelligence a full agenda. In a number of ways it is a more complex and difficult agenda even than that which existed before. We have to do some things differently. If confirmed, I will work hard with you and the rest of your foreign policy team, with the professionals in the intelligence community, and with the Congress to ensure that we meet these new challenges. -30-30-30- NAME: R. James Woolsey SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Central Inelligence Agency EDUCATION: B.A. Stanford Univ. (1963) M.A. St. John's College, Oxford (1965) Rhodes Scholarship LL.B Yale Law School (1968) DOE: September 21, 1941 (Tulsa, OK) James Woolsey is presently a partner in the law firm of Shea & Gardner in Washington, DC. His other positions include: Ambassador and U.S. Representative to the Negotiation on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), Vienna (1989-91); Partner, Shea & Gardner (1979-89); Under Secretary of the Navy, 1977-79); Associate, Shea & Gardner (1973-73); General Counsel to U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services (1970-73); Advisor, U.S. Delegation to Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I), Helsinki and Vienna; Program Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense and National Security Council Staff; Captain, United States Army (1968-70). Woolsey served on several Presidential Commissions, including: President's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform, President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management and the President's Commission on Strategic Forces. He was also a Delegate at Large to U.S.- Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) and Nuclear and Space Arms Talks in Geneva (1983-86). His other activities include: Regent: Smithsonian Institution (1989-present) Trustee: Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) (1989-present) The Aerospace Corporation (1982-89) Stanford Universtiy (1972-74) He is married to Suzanne Haley Woolsey. They have three children: Robert, Daniel and Benjamin. STATEMENT OF MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT President-elect Clinton, Vice President-elect Gore, thank you so very much for offering me the position of the United States ambassador to the United Nations. During the campaign Governor Clinton made quite clear that he understood the significance of winning the Presidency in 1992. It would be his duty to fashion the role the United States would take in the international community into the 21st century. As a tough-minded internationalist, he has spoken of the need to work with other countries and international organizations in a search for peace and security with the United States not as policeman but the first among equals in a partnership, setting the course and sharing the burden. When we spoke about this position, he said he wanted to see the United Nations not only as peacekeeper but also as peacemaker; not only helping to resolve disputes but also preventing them. It would be an honor for any American to represent the United States at the United Nations when the President says he will support a policy that will make a difference. It is a special personal honor for this American to be asked to serve. I was born in Czechoslovakia and came to this country with my family in 1948 after the Communist coup. My father, Joseph Korbel, was asked to represent his country as chairman of a special United Nations commission. When he completed his work, he asked the United States government for political asylum. As a result of the generous spirit of the American people, our family had the privilege of growing up as free Americans. You can, therefore, understand how proud I will be to sit at the United Nations behind the nameplate of the United States of America. My daughters Anne, Alice, and Katie have been with me through bad times and good times. Today, has got to be the best. I want to thank them for moving heaven and earth to get here with their husbands, Jeff and Greg. Governor Clinton, thank you very much for letting me help to make a difference. -30-30-30- NAME: Madeleine Korbel Albright ADMINISTRATION POST: U.N. Ambassador EDUCATION: B.A. Wellesley College (1959) School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University (1962-63) M.A. and Ph.D. Columbia University's Department of Public Law and Government For the past three years, Ms. Albright has combined her work as president of the Washington, DC-based public policy organization, the Center for National Policy with her role as Research Professor of International Affairs and Director of Women in Foreign Service at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, where she has been a faculty member since 1982. To both of these positions, Ms. Albright has brought extensive foreign policy experience. A native of Czechoslovakia, she speaks four languages: French, Czech, Russian and Polish. In addition to her other degrees, she earned a Certificate in Russian Studies from Columbia's Russian Institute. In 1976, Ms. Albright joined the staff of Senator Edmund S. Muskie as his Chief Legislative Assistant. Two years later, in 1978, she moved from Capitol Hill to the White House where she served on the National Security Council staff and was responsible for national security legislation. It was following fellowships at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (1981) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution (1981- 1982) that she joined the faculty at Georgetown. Prior to her work as an informal advisor to the Clinton/Gore campaign, Ms. Albright served in senior foreign policy positions in both the Mondale/Ferraro and Dukakis/Bentsen campaigns. She is a member of a number of professional organizations including the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Political Science Association and she currently sits on the boards of the National Endowment for Democracy, the International Media Fund, the Atlantic Council of the United States, and the Black Student Fund. Her writings include Poland, the Role of the Press in Political Change (1983) and The Role of the Press in Political Change: Czechoslovakia 1968 (Ph.D. Dissertation) (1976). Title 3 The President President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board Executive Order 12331 of October 20, 1981 46 FR 51705 October 22, 1981 TEXT -1: By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, and in order to enhance the security of the United States by improving the quality and effectiveness of intelligence available to the United States, it is ordered as follows: Sec. 1. - There is hereby established within the White House Office, Executive Office of the President, the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (the "Board"). Members of the Board shall serve at the pleasure of the President and shall be appointed by the President from among trustworthy and distinguished citizens outside the Government who are qualified on the basis of achievement, experience and independence. The President shall designate a Chairman and Vice Chairman from among the members. The Board shall utilize full-time staff and consultants as authorized by the President. Such staff shall be headed by an Executive Director, appointed by the President. Sec. 2. The Board shall assess the quality, quantity and adequacy of intelligence collection, of analysis and estimates, of counterintelligence, and other intelligence activities. The Board shall have the authority to continually review the performance of all agencies of the Government that are engaged in the collection, evaluation, or production of intelligence or the execution of intelligence policy. The Board shall further be authorized to assess the adequacy of management, personnel and organization in the intelligence agencies. Sec. 3. The Board shall report directly to the President and advise him concerning the objectives, conduct, management, and coordination of the various activities of the agencies of the intelligence community. The Board shall report periodically, but at least semi-annually, concerning findings and appraisals and shall make appropriate recommendations for actions to improve and enhance the performance of the intelligence efforts of the United States. Sec. 4 The Board shall receive, consider, and take appropriate action with respect to matters, identified to the Board by the Director of Central Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, -2- or other Government agencies engaged in intelligence or related activities, in which the support of the Board will further the effectiveness of the national intelligence effort. With respect to matters deemed appropriate by the President, the Board shall advise and make recommendations to the Director of Central Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, and other Government agencies engaged in intelligence and related activities, concerning ways to achieve increase effectiveness in meeting national intelligence needs. Sec. 5 The Board shall have access to the full extent permitted by applicable law to all information necessary to carry out its duties in the possession of any agency of the Government. Information made available to the Board shall be given all necessary security protection in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Each member of the Board, each member of the Board's staff, and each of the Board's consultants shall execute an agreement never to reveal any classified information obtained by virtue of his or her service with the Board except to the President or to such persons as the President may designate. Sec. 6 Members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but may receive transportation, expense, and per diem allowances as authorized by law. Staff and consultants to the Board shall receive pay and allowances as authorized by the President. /S/Ronald Reagan THE WHITE HOUSE October 20, 1981. -30- STATEMENT OF ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. CROWE JR., USN (RET.) I have been honored to serve my country in uniform for almost five decades and am happy to continue that service as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. During the presidential campaign, it was a privilege for me to advise Governor Clinton on issues involving national security and foreign policy. I look forward to continuing to advise him as he assumes his great responsibilities as President of the United States. NAME: William J. Crowe, Jr. ADMINISTRATION POST: Chair, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board EDUCATION: University of Oklahoma U.S. Naval Academy (1947) Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr. (USN Ret.) is the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In the 1960's and early '70's, Crowe served in policy positions on both the Secretary of Defense and Navy staffs. He was the deputy director of an inter-agency Micronesian Status Negotiations Team and he was the senior adviser to the South Vietnamese Navy Riverine Force in the Mekong Delta. After promotion to flag rank, he became the Commander of the U.S. Middle East Force in the Persian Gulf, based in Bahrain. Admiral Crowe returned to Washington in 1977 as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations. In 1980, he was promoted to 4-star rank and assigned as the Commander in Chief of NATO forces in Southern Europe, headquartered in Naples, Italy. He was concurrently the Commander in Chief of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe. In 1983, Admiral Crowe was transferred to Hawaii as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, the largest geographical command in the American military structure. In 1985, President Reagan named him the 11th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a position he held for four years until his retirement in October 1989. Admiral Crowe is currently a Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. He is the University Professor of Geopolitics at the University of Oklahoma and speaks extensively on military and national security issues to audiences throughout the country. Admiral Crowe and his wife, Shirley, live in Alexandria, Virginia. DEPARTMENT TITLE: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY DESIGNATE: Congressman Les Aspin The Department of Defense has primary responsibility for maintaining defenses capable of deterring agression and protecting American interests around the world. It coordinates logistics and the general administration of the armed forces, supervises the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and awards military contracts. The Secretary of Defense oversees a department that is by far tghe largest in the federal government. Indeed, with over 1 million civilian employees and 2 million active duty uniformed personnel, the DoD is the largest employer in the Western world. In addition to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, the Defense Department includes the International Security Affairs Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Nathional Security Agency. STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN LES ASPIN SECRETARY OF DEFENSE-DESIGNATE I'm honored to accept this nomination. President-elect Clinton has provided us with a new, broader vision of national security and prosperity for America in this new era, and I'm very proud to have been selected as part of the team to realize that vision. I also want to say here this afternoon that it has been an honor to represent the people of Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District for 22 years. I hope I can count on their support in this new role as I have in the past as a Member of Congress. The President-elect has also included two sets of big challenges with the nomination. The first set involves maintaining the superb quality of our forces and our high tech edge as we go about the inevitable downsizing of our forces. We know the men and women in uniform today comprise the finest military force in the world. And we know that the American technological know-how we saw in the Gulf War will mean fewer casualties all around if and when we must use force again. As President-elect Clinton has repeatedly said, our high quality, high technology force must be maintained. The second set of challenges involves meeting the demands of the new post-Cold War, post-Soviet world. In this new world, the definition of national security has changed and broadened. It not only included threats from regional powers, it includes the new nuclear danger of proliferation and the possibility of the reversal for reforms in the former Soviet world with untold consequences. It even includes threats from regional powers, it includes the reversal of reforms in the former Soviet world with untold consequences. It even includes economics. The President-elect has set us the overall task of reviving our economic security at home. The Defense Department can contribute there, too. There are, indeed, enormous challenges, but they are commensurate with President-elect Clinton's vision. The Clinton team faces a big job with a big payoff for America and I'm proud to be part of it. Thank you. -30-30-30- NAME: CONGRESSMAN LES ASPIN SECRETARY-DESIGNATE FOR: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION: B.A., Yale University M.Phil., Oxford University PhD, M.I.T. A respected defense intellectual who served in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, Congressman Les Aspin has been Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee since 1985. A Milwaukee, WI native, Aspin began his career on the staff of his homestate's Senator William Proxmire, before moving on to the Kennedy White House as an assistant to the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. In 1966-68 he served at the Pentagon under Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Following that, he returned home to Milwaukee to teach economics at Marquette University. In 1970, he was elected to Congress and appointed to the Armed Services Committee, on which he quickly established himself as one of the House's leading experts on defense issues. Since his election as Chairman in 1985, Aspin has emerged as a leading voice on Defense issues in the Congress and in the Democratic Party. He has been frequently credited with restoring prestige to his committee and with helping to establish a more mainstream Democratic position on national security issues. Aspin's role was particularly noteworthy in the months leading up to the Persian Gulf War. He held numerous hearings on the situation and issued a series of white papers analyzing their results. His analysis helped to frame the debate and his leadership helped to forge a consensus in support of the use of force. According o the 1992 Almanac of American Politics, "Aspin showed far better judgement of how the armed forces could perform in the Persian Gulf than did most of the House and Senate Democrats. This left him clearly a stronger figure in the House, quite possibly the strongest figure on military issues in Congress." -30-30-30- Distribution: Clinton News >internet:c-news-distr@campaign92.org Clinton Volunteers >internet:clinton-volunteers@campaign92.org