Walter B. Slocombe

Walter Becker Slocombe (born September 23, 1941) is a former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1994–2001)[1] and was the Senior Advisor for Security and Defence to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad (2003).

Walter B. Slocombe
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
In office
1994–2001
Preceded byFrank G. Wisner
Succeeded byDouglas Feith
Personal details
Born (1941-09-23) September 23, 1941
NationalityUnited States
Alma materHarvard Law School
University of Oxford
Princeton University
OccupationLawyer

A lawyer and career federal official, Slocombe joined the staff of the National Security Council in 1969. Prior to that, he worked as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas.[2] Slocombe currently sits on the Board of Directors at the Atlantic Council[3], is a four-time recipient of an award for Distinguished Public Service and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He currently practices law with the Washington firm of Caplin & Drysdale.

Education

Slocombe received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1963, where he received the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate. Slocombe was also a Rhodes scholar, studying at the University of Oxford from 1963–1965. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1968 and was admitted to the bar in 1970.

U.S. Government service

References
  1. Glanz, James (2005-11-18). "Issuing Contracts, Ex-Convict Took Bribes in Iraq, U.S. Says". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  2. Laura Kalman (1990). Abe Fortas. Yale University Press. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  3. "Board of Directors". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2020-02-11.


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