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Mission: The Board, through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD(P)), shall provide the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense, independent, informed advice and opinions concerning matters of defense policy in response to specific tasks from the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, or the USD(P), as set out in paragraph four of our charter.

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Madeleine-Albright

Madeleine Albright

Eric Cantor

J. D. Crouch-II

Rudy deLeon

Paula Dobriansky

Jamie Gorelick

Jane Harman

Robert Joseph

Henry Kissinger

David McCormick

Frank Miller

Gary Roughead

James Talent

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Jamie Gorelick

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28th United States Deputy Attorney General

In office

March 17, 1994 – May 1997

President Bill Clinton

Preceded by Philip Heymann

Succeeded by Eric Holder

General Counsel of the Department of Defense

In office

May 5, 1993 – March 17, 1994

President Bill Clinton

Preceded by David Addington

Succeeded by Judith Miller

Personal details

Born May 6, 1950 (age 70)

New York City, New York, U.S.

Political party Democratic

Spouse(s) Richard Waldhorn (m. 1975)

Children 2

Relatives Shirley Gorelick (mother)

Education Harvard University (BA, JD)

Jamie S. Gorelick (/ɡəˈrɛlɪk/; born May 6, 1950) is an American lawyer who served as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States from 1994 to 1997, during the Clinton administration. She has been a partner at WilmerHale since 2003 and has served on the board of directors of Amazon since February 2012.[1]

Gorelick served on British Petroleum's Advisory Council, as their top legal counsel after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[2] She was appointed by former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle to serve as a commissioner on the bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, which sought to investigate the circumstances leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and also served as Vice Chairman of Fannie Mae.

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Dr. J.D. Crouch II was elected by the USO Board of Governors to be the 23rd Chief Executive Officer and President of the United Service Organizations (USO), effective July 28, 2014.

Dr. Crouch was Chief Executive Officer of QinetiQ North America (QNA) until May 2014, when he exited following the successful divestiture of QNA by its parent company. He was President of the Technology Solutions Group of QNA from November 2009 to March 2013. He assumed this role from the position of QNA Executive Vice President for strategic development.

He was Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor from March 2005 until June 2007. In this capacity, he was a senior advisor to President George W. Bush on national security matters and chaired the sub-cabinet Deputies Committee.

Dr. Crouch served as U.S. Ambassador to Romania in 2004-2005, managing this complex relationship at the time of Romanian military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Crouch also served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy from 2001-2003.

From 1993 to 2001, and late 2003 to 2004, Dr. Crouch was an Associate Professor of Defense and Strategic Studies at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.

He co-founded PalmGear.com in 1995, the Internet’s leading source of Palm OS software.

From 1990 to 1992, Dr. Crouch was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy. From 1986 to 1990, he was the military legislative assistant to Sen. Malcolm Wallop and served as the senator’s staff designee on the Senate Armed Services Committee. From 1984 to 1986, he worked for the Assistant Director for strategic programs in the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and was an advisor to the U.S. Delegation on Nuclear and Space Arms Talks with the former Soviet Union.

Dr. Crouch has also served on several government advisory boards, currently including the Defense Policy Board. He has twice been awarded the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal. He received the Alumni Merit Award from the University of Southern California in 2006 and Military Merit Grand Cross with White Ribbon from the Kingdom of Spain in 2003.

He served pro bono for 10 years as a reserve deputy sheriff in southwest Missouri – where he was named Missouri Deputy Sheriff of the Year in 2000 – and was a member of a multi-county special response team. Dr. Crouch also served as an adult leader to a scout venture crew and as a Boy Scouts of America Assistant Scoutmaster.

Dr. Crouch holds a Ph.D., M.A. and B.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California

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Rudy deLeon

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Expertise: Asia-Pacific, China, defense policy, defense budget, legislative and executive process, politics

Rudy deLeon is a senior fellow with the National Security and International Policy team at American Progress. He has worked at the organization since 2007 and focuses on U.S. national security issues and U.S.-China relations.

DeLeon’s 25-year government career concluded in 2001 after his tenure as deputy secretary of defense, during which time he served as the chief operating officer at the Pentagon, a member of the Deputies Committee of the National Security Council, and a member of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Partnership Council on labor-management issues. In earlier Pentagon assignments, deLeon served as undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness from 1997 to 2000 and as undersecretary of the air force from 1994 to 1997.

From November 1985 through 1993, deLeon served as a member of the professional staff and staff director for the U.S. House Armed Services Committee. In 1986, deLeon participated in the debate and passage of the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act, which made fundamental changes in military organization and operations. DeLeon began his career in the federal government in 1975, holding various staff positions in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.

For five years, beginning in 2001, he served as a senior vice president for the Boeing Company, focusing on global trade issues and Washington, D.C., operations.

In addition to his duties at American Progress during the past five years, deLeon chaired the 2009 U.S. Department of Defense review of the civilian National Security Personnel System, was a member of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review Congressional Commission, and currently serves on the Defense Policy Board.

DeLeon earned a bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University in 1974. In 1984, he completed the executive program in national and international security at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

DeLeon received the Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 1994, 1995, and 2001 and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal in 2001. He was recognized by the National League of POW/MIA Families in 1999 and by the National Military Family Association in 2000.

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Fiscal and Management Accountability at the Pentagon Center for American Progress September 22, 2020

Asia Doesn’t Need Another Crisis Center for American Progress January 24, 2018

Strengthening U.S. Options on Iran Center for American Progress September 28, 2017

American Leadership Is on the Line Center for American Progress May 24, 2017

Outgoing NASA Team Leaves Its Successors With Robust Options for Space Exploration Center for American Progress February 9, 2017

Updating U.S.-Saudi Ties to Reflect the New Realities of Today’s Middle East Center for American Progress April 25, 2016

Strengthening the Palestinian Economy to Keep a Two-State Solution Viable Center for American Progress April 13, 2016

Light Up Taiwan Puts the Spotlight on the Young Generation Center for American Progress February 26, 2016

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Paula J. Dobriansky

Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project

Expertise: Russia Middle East & North Africa Energy Environmental policy Crisis management International Relations U.S. foreign policy NATO Democracy

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Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky is a foreign policy expert and former diplomat specializing in national security affairs. She is a Senior Fellow in the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and is Vice Chair of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council.

From 2010-2012, Ambassador Dobriansky was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs at Thomson Reuters. In this position, she was responsible for designing and implementing a corporate approach for engagement in Washington, D.C. and other key capitals around the globe. During this time, she was also appointed the Distinguished National Security Chair at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Ambassador Dobriansky served as Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs from 2001 to 2009. Among her primary accomplishments, she established and led the U.S.-India, U.S.-China, and U.S.-Brazil Global Issues Fora, which advanced crucial work and international cooperation on environment, energy, health, development, and humanitarian issues. Additionally, she was head of delegation and lead negotiator on U.S. climate change policy.

In February 2007, as the President's Envoy to Northern Ireland, Ambassador Dobriansky received the Secretary of State’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal, for her contribution to the historic devolution of power in Belfast. During her more than 25 years in national security affairs, Ambassador Dobriansky has held many Senate-confirmed and senior level positions in the U.S. Government including Director of European and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council, the White House, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Deputy Head of the U.S. Delegation to the 1990 Copenhagen Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and Associate Director for Policy and Programs at the United States Information Agency.

From 1997-2001, Ambassador Dobriansky served as Senior Vice President and Director of the Washington Office of the Council on Foreign Relations and was the first George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies. During this time, she also served on the President-appointed U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.

A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Diplomacy, Ambassador Dobriansky serves on the Defense Policy Board, the Secretary of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board and is Chair of EXIM Bank’s Chairman’s Council on China Competition (C4). She is a Trustee of the Trilateral Commission, on the Advisory Board of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Chair of the Bush Center's Women's Initiative Policy Advisory Council. Previous boards include the Western NIS Enterprise Fund, Smith Richardson Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy (Vice Chair), George Mason University Board of Visitors and the World Affairs Councils of America as Chairman of the National Board.

She received a B.S.F.S. summa cum laude in International Politics from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Soviet political/military affairs from Harvard University. She is a Fulbright-Hays scholar, Ford and Rotary Foundation Fellow, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a recipient of various honors such as the Foreign Policy Association Medal for her service to country and leadership of the World Affairs Councils of America and the International Republican Institute's Women's Democracy Network Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Award (2008). She has received other high-level international recognition including the Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of Poland, Poland's Highest Medal of Merit, Grand Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, National Order "Star of Romania", Hungary’s Commander’s Cross Order of Merit and Ukraine’s Order of Merit. She has also received three Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters, one Honorary Doctorate of Laws and one Honorary Doctorate of International Affairs.

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Jamie Gorelick

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Jamie Gorelick

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28th United States Deputy Attorney General

In office

March 17, 1994 – May 1997

President Bill Clinton

Preceded by Philip Heymann

Succeeded by Eric Holder

General Counsel of the Department of Defense

In office

May 5, 1993 – March 17, 1994

President Bill Clinton

Preceded by David Addington

Succeeded by Judith Miller

Personal details

Born May 6, 1950 (age 70)

New York City, New York, U.S.

Political party Democratic

Spouse(s) Richard Waldhorn (m. 1975)

Children 2

Relatives Shirley Gorelick (mother)

Education Harvard University (BA, JD)

Jamie S. Gorelick (/ɡəˈrɛlɪk/; born May 6, 1950) is an American lawyer who served as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States from 1994 to 1997, during the Clinton administration. She has been a partner at WilmerHale since 2003 and has served on the board of directors of Amazon since February 2012.[1]

Gorelick served on British Petroleum's Advisory Council, as their top legal counsel after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[2] She was appointed by former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle to serve as a commissioner on the bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, which sought to investigate the circumstances leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and also served as Vice Chairman of Fannie Mae.

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>Jane Harman

Jane Harman

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President of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Incumbent

Assumed office

February 28, 2011

Preceded by Lee Hamilton

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

from California's 36th district

In office

January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999

Preceded by Mel Levine (redistricting)

Succeeded by Steven T. Kuykendall

In office

January 3, 2001 – February 28, 2011

Preceded by Steven T. Kuykendall

Succeeded by Janice Hahn

Personal details

Born Jane Margaret Lakes

June 28, 1945 (age 75)

New York City, New York, U.S.

Political party Democratic

Spouse(s) Richard Frank (m. 1969⁠–⁠1978)

Sidney Harman

(m. 1980; died 2011)

Education Smith College (BA)

Harvard University (JD)

Jane Margaret Lakes Harman (born June 28, 1945) is the former U.S. Representative for California's 36th congressional district, serving from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011; she is a member of the Democratic Party. Harman was the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee and the Homeland Security Committee's intelligence subcommittee. When Democrats held the House majority, she was in line to chair the House intelligence committee but was denied the post by then-Speaker Pelosi.[1] Resigning from Congress in February 2011, Harman became President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.[2] She succeeded former Congressman Lee H. Hamilton and is the first woman to lead the organization.

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>Robert Joseph

Robert G. Joseph (born 1949) is a senior scholar at the National Institute for Public Policy and professor at Missouri State University. He was the United States Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with ambassadorial rank.[2] Prior to this post, Joseph was the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, a position he held until January 24, 2007.[3] Joseph is known for being instrumental in creating the Proliferation Security Initiative and as the architect of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. He was also the US chief negotiator to Libya in 2003 who convinced the Libyans to give up their WMD programs. He also recently authored a book describing his experience in negotiating with Libya entitled "Countering WMD."

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>David McCormick

David Harold McCormick (born August 17, 1965) is an American business executive. He is the CEO[2][3] and a member of the Management Committee at Bridgewater Associates, a global macro investment firm with over $160 billion in assets under management.[3] He was formerly Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs.[3]

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>Gary Roughead

Gary Roughead (/ˈrʌfhɛd/ "rough head"; born July 15, 1951)[1] is a former United States Navy officer who served as the 29th Chief of Naval Operations from September 29, 2007 to September 22, 2011. He previously served as Commander, United States Fleet Forces Command, from May 17 to September 29, 2007. Prior to that, Roughead served as the 31st Commander, United States Pacific Fleet from July 8, 2005, to May 8, 2007. He retired from the U.S. Navy after 38 years of service.

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Jim Talent

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Jim Talent

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United States Senator

from Missouri

In office

November 23, 2002 – January 3, 2007

Preceded by Jean Carnahan

Succeeded by Claire McCaskill

Chair of the House Small Business Committee

In office

January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001

Preceded by Jan Meyers

Succeeded by Don Manzullo

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

from Missouri's 2nd district

In office

January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001

Preceded by Joan Horn

Succeeded by Todd Akin

Member of the Missouri House of Representatives

from the 92nd district

In office

January 9, 1985 – January 6, 1993

Preceded by Donna Ann Coleman

Succeeded by David Klarich

Personal details

Born October 18, 1956 (age 64)

Des Peres, Missouri, U.S.

Political party Republican

Spouse(s) Brenda Lee Lyons (m. 1984)

Children 3

Education Washington University (BA)

University of Chicago (JD)

James Matthes Talent (born October 18, 1956) is an American politician and former U.S. Senator from Missouri. He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office. He identifies with the conservative wing of the Republican Party, being outspoken on judicial appointments, abortion, flag burning, and defense issues.

After serving for eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives and then working as a lobbyist, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, defeating Democrat Jean Carnahan in a special election to complete the term to which Carnahan's husband, Mel, had been elected posthumously in 2000.[1] In the Democratic wave of November 2006, Talent lost his re-election bid to Claire McCaskill, 50% to 47%.

Talent, a senior adviser to Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential campaign,[2] served as a member of Romney's 2012 Economic Policy Team during the 2012 Presidential Election.[3] Talent is a distinguished Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.[4] He is also a co-chairman at Mercury, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm.[5] Following Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election, Talent was rumored to be on the short list for United States Secretary of Defense,[6] a position ultimately offered to James Mattis.

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