Walter B. Slocombe

Walter Slocombe
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
In office
September 15, 1994 – January 19, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byFrank G. Wisner
Succeeded byDouglas Feith
Personal details
Born
Walter Becker Brakeman

(1941-09-23) September 23, 1941 (age 83)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseEllen Seidman
Children3
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Balliol College, Oxford
Harvard University (LLB)

Walter Becker Slocombe (born Walter Becker Brakeman; September 23, 1941)[1] is a former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1994–2001)[2] and was the Senior Advisor for Security and Defense to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad (2003).

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.[3] Slocombe currently sits on the Board of Directors at the Atlantic Council,[4] 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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hearing2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Glanz, James (2005-11-18). "Issuing Contracts, Ex-Convict Took Bribes in Iraq, U.S. Says". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  3. ^ Laura Kalman (1990). Abe Fortas. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300046694. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  4. ^ "Board of Directors". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2020-02-11.