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Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Campus Life: Weapons of Mass Destruction: Policy vs. Reality

Just thought some of you might be interested in this lecture by Dale E. Klein, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs:
The Nuclear Engineering Department and the Sam Nunn Security Program cordially invite the campus to a lecture entitled “Weapons of Mass Destruction: Policy vs. Reality” by Dr. Dale E. Klein, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense.

The Honorable Dale E. Klein was sworn in as the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs (ATSD(NCB)) on November 15, 2001. In this position, he is the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology (USD(AT&L)) for all matters concerning the formulation of policy and plans for nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.

Prior to his appointment by President Bush, Dr. Klein was a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Nuclear Program) at The University of Texas at Austin. He was the Vice-Chancellor for Special Engineering Programs at The University of Texas System from 1995 until November 2001. Dr. Klein also served as the Chairman and Executive Director of the Amarillo National Research Center (ANRC), during which time he oversaw over $45 million of funding concerning plutonium research and nuclear weapon dismantlement issues.
The lecture is scheduled for 02/19/2004, 11:00AM, in the Instructional Center, Tannenbaum Auditorium (Room 107).
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