Washington,
Feb. 2 [1995] / U.S. Newswire -- Following is a statement by President Clinton
naming members of the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the U.S.
Intelligence Community. Biographical information follows. Washington,
Feb. 2 [1995] / U.S. Newswire -- Following is a statement by President Clinton
naming members of the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the U.S.
Intelligence Community. Biographical information follows. 
I
am announcing today appointments to the Congressionally mandated Commission
on the Roles and Capabilities of the United States Intelligence Community.
The Commission will be chaired by the current chairman of my Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board, Les Aspin. Former Senator Warren Rudman will serve as the
vice chairman and I have asked General Lew Allen, Jr., Zoe Baird, Ann Caracristi,
Stephen Friedman, Anthony S. Harrington, Robert J. Hermann, and Ambassador
Paul Wolfowitz to serve as well.
These
distinguished Americans will join the eight members appointed by the leadership
of the 103rd Congress. They are Tony Coelho, David Dewhurst, Representative
Norm Dicks, Senator James Exon, former Senator Wyche Fowler, Representative
Porter Goss, General Robert Pursley and Senator John Warner.
Intelligence
remains a critical element of our national power and influence. For over
40 years bipartisan support for the work performed by U.S. intelligence
has been essential to the creation of an intelligence capability that is
second to none. While the world has changed in dramatic ways, our need to
retain the advantage that U.S. intelligence provides our country remains
constant.
With the end of the Cold War we must renew and reinvigorate this bipartisan support. The foundation for this support must begin with a thorough assessment of the kind of intelligence community we will need to address the security challenges of the future. Our objective is to strengthen U.S. intelligence, to ensure it has the management, skills and resources needed to successfully pursue our national security interests through the next decade and beyond.
It
is an effort to which I attach the highest personal priority.
I
am confident that Les Aspin, Warren Rudman and the other outstanding members
of this Commission will work cooperatively with the leadership of the intelligence
community and the Congress to ensure continued bipartisan support for this
critical mission. And I know that their effort will ensure the continued
trust of the American people in the outstanding and often unheralded work
performed by the men and women of U.S. intelligence.
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Following
is biographic information on The Commission on the Roles and Capabilities
of the U.S. Intelligence Community:
Members Appointed by the President
Honorable
Les Aspin, Chairman. Mr. Aspin, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a Distinguished
Professor of International Policy at Marquette University and a Counsel
at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He served as Secretary
of Defense from 1993 to 1994. As the US Representative from Wisconsin's
1st District, his congressional career spanned twenty two years. He was
Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee from 1985 to 1993. Prior
to his election to the US Congress in 1970, Mr. Aspin was a staff assistant
to the chairman of President Kennedy's Council of Economic Advisors. He
also serves as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board (PFIAB).
Warren
B. Rudman, Vice Chairman. Senator Rudman, of Washington, DC and Manchester,
New Hampshire, is a partner in the Washington law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison. He served as a U.S. Senator from 1980 to 1992, where
he was a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence. He previously was
Attorney General of the State of New Hampshire. He also serves as Vice Chairman
of the PFIAB.
General
Lew Allen, Jr., USAF (Ret.). General Allen, of Pasadena, California,served
as Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Director of the National Security
Agency. He retired in 1991 as a Vice President of the California Institute
of Technology and Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He was a member
of President Bush's PFIAB and is a current PFIAB member.
Zoe
Baird. Ms. Baird, of Hartford, Connecticut, is Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of the Aetna Life & Casualty company. She is a former
counselor and senior staff executive of the General Electric Corporation,
a former partner in the Washington, DC law firm of O'Melveny & Myers,
and a former Associate Counsel to President Carter.
Ann
Caracristi. Miss Caracristi, of Washington, DC, is a former Deputy Director
of the National Security Agency, where she served in a variety of senior
management positions over a 40 year career. She recently chaired a DCI Task
Force on intelligence training and is a member of the DCI/Secretary of Defense
Joint Security Commission. She is a current PFIAB member.
Stephen
Friedman. Mr. Friedman, of New York City, is Senior Chairman and Limited
Partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co., which he originally joined in 1966.
He served as Chairman and Senior Partner from December 1992 to November
1994 when he retired from active management of the firm.
Anthony
S. Harrington. Mr. Harrington, of Washington, DC, is a partner in the law
firm of Hogan & Hartson. He is a former General Counsel to the Democratic
National Committee, the former General Counsel to the Clinton/Gore Campaign,
a founding Director of the Center for Democracy, and a former Assistant
Dean of the Duke Law School. He is a current PFIAB member.
Robert
J. Hermann. Dr. Hermann, of Hartford, Connecticut, is the Senior Vice President
for Science and Technology of the United Technologies Corporation. He is
a former Director of the Defense Department's National Reconnaissance Office
and a former senior official at the National Security Agency. He is a current
PFIAB member.
Paul
D. Wolfowitz. Dr. Wolfowitz, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, is the dean of the
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins
University. He served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from 1989
to 1993 and has held a variety of positions in government beginning in 1966.
Members Appointed By Congress
Honorable
Tony Coelho. Mr. Coelho is President and CEO of Wertheim Schroder Investment
Services, Incorporated, and a Managing Director of Wertheim Schroder &
Co, Inc. He a former US Representative from California and a former Majority
Whip of the US House of Representatives.
David H. Dewhurst. Mr. Dewhurst is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Falcon Seaboard Resources, Inc., a Houston-based, integrated energy company. He served as a Case Officer with the Central Intelligence Agency in the early 1970s, and was recently elected to the National Board of Directors of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. Mr. Dewhurst served as Chairman of the Texas Product Development Advisory Board.
Representative
Norman D. Dicks. Mr. Dicks, of Washington, was first elected to the House
in 1976. He has served on the Appropriations Committee since his freshman
term, and currently sits on three subcommittees - Defense, Interior and
Military Construction. He currently is the ranking minority member of the
Select Committee on Intelligence. Mr. Dicks also was an Administrative Assistant
to Senator Warren Magnuson from 1973 to 1976.
Senator
J. James Exon. Senator Exon, of Nebraska, was elected to his first term
in 1978. He currently is a member of the Armed Services Committee (where
he chairs the Subcommittee on Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control & Defense
Intelligence), the Committee on Commerce, Science & Technology and the
Budget Committee. He is a former two-term Governor of Nebraska, and a World
War Two veteran of the US Army Signal Corps.
Honorable
Wyche Fowler. Mr. Fowler is a partner in the law firm of Powell, Goldstein,
Frazer & Murphy. He served 16 years in the US Congress. Elected to the
Senate in 1986, he was Assistant Floor Leader and was a member of the Appropriations,
Budget, Energy and Agricultural Committees. During his nine years in the
House, he served on the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Foreign
Relations and Ways and Means Committees.
Representative
Porter J. Goss. Mr. Goss, of Florida, was first elected to the House in
1988. He currently is a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence,
the Ethics Committee and the Rules Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee
on the Legislative Process. He is a former Clandestine Service Officer with
the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served for ten years. Mr. Goss
is a former Councilman of Sanibel, Florida, where he also was elected the
city's first mayor.
Lt.
Gen. Robert E. Pursley, USAF (Ret.) General Pursley is President of the
Logistics Management Institute, and a former Vice Chairman of USAA, a private
financial service company, and a former Executive Vice President of Insilco
Corporation. In twenty five years of military service, he served as Military
Assistant to Secretaries of Defense Laird, Clifford and McNamara, and was
Commander of US Forces Japan and the Fifth Air Force.
Senator John Warner. Senator Warner, of Virginia, was elected to his seat in 1978. He is the second most senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee. He served as Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1992 to 1994. He also is a former Secretary and Under-secretary of the Navy.
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