Walter B. Slocombe

Walter B. Slocombe
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
In office 1994–2001
Preceded by	Frank G. Wisner
Succeeded by	Douglas Feith
Personal details
Born	(1941-09-23) September 23, 1941
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Harvard Law School University of Oxford Princeton University
Occupation	Lawyer

Walter Becker Slocombe (born September 23, 1941) is a former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1994–2001) and was the Senior Advisor for Security and Defence 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. He 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

• Committee on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004)
• Senior advisor for the Coalition Provisional Authority (2003)
• Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1994-2001)
• Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1979-1981), (1993-1994)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs (1977-1979)

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN