FYI. Keeping tabs on the CFR. You know what I mean I hope. Peace,
Arlene Johnson Publisher/Author http://www.truedemocracy.net >-----Forwarded Message----- >>From: Council on Foreign Relations <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Aug 18, 2006 3:30 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: CFR Release: Gary Samore Joins Council as Director of Studies >> >>News Release >>COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS >>����������������������������������������������������� >>58 EAST 68TH STREET � NEW YORK � NEW YORK 10021 >>Tel 212 434 9888 Fax 212 434 9832 Website www.cfr.org >> >>Gary Samore Joins Council as Director of Studies >> >>Contact: Lisa Shields, Vice President, Communications, 212-434-9888, [EMAIL >>PROTECTED] >> >>August 15, 2006�Gary Samore, former National Security Council staffer >>during the Clinton administration and long-time State Department official, >>will >>become the Council�s new director of studies at the beginning of October. >>Samore is currently vice president for global security and sustainability at >>the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, where he is responsible >>for the foundation�s international grantmaking. Previously, he was director >>of studies at London�s International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS). >> >>�Gary brings to the job the perfect mixture of government service, academic >>stature, and management experience,� said Council President Richard N. >>Haass. �He inherits a strong Studies Program. I look forward to working >>with him to make it even stronger.� >> >>Prior to joining the MacArthur Foundation in September 2005, Samore served as >>director of studies and senior fellow for nonproliferation at IISS. As >>director of studies, he was responsible for overall direction of the >>Institute�s research program, including fundraising for research projects, >>management of IISS research staff, and supervision of the IISS Adelphi Paper >>series. He also directed the IISS�s nonproliferation program, organizing >>numerous international conferences and workshops and producing a variety of >>IISS publications on proliferation issues. He is the editor of several >>IISS Strategic Dossiers on weapons programs in Iraq, North Korea, and Iran. >> >>Samore has years of experience working on proliferation issues for the U.S. >>government. From 1996 to 2000, he served as special assistant to >>President Bill Clinton and senior director for non-proliferation and export >>controls at the National Security Council. From 1987 to 1995, he held >>various positions at the Department of State. As deputy to >>Ambassador-at-Large for Korean Affairs Robert Gallucci, he was one of the >>U.S. negotiators >>of the 1994 U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework. He also served as director of >>the Office of Regional Nonproliferation Affairs in the Bureau of >>Political Military Affairs and as special assistant to the >>Ambassador-at-Large for Nonproliferation and Nuclear Energy Policy, Richard >>T. Kennedy. >> >>Samore has held positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the >>RAND Corporation, and Harvard University, where he received a PhD in >>government in 1984. >> >>He succeeds James M. Lindsay, who after three years is leaving the Council to >>become the founding director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for >>International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin. >> >> >>**** >> >>Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, national >>membership organization and a nonpartisan center for scholars dedicated >>to producing and disseminating ideas so that individual and corporate >>members, as well as policymakers, journalists, students, and interested >>citizens >>in the United States and other countries, can better understand the world and >>the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other >>governments. For more information visit www.cfr.org.Council on Foreign >>Relations >> >>, > Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
