Walter B. Slocombe

Walter B. Slocombe in Bosnia-Herzegovina in October 2008

Walter Becker Slocombe (born September 23, 1941 in Albuquerque , New Mexico ) is an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ).

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Slocombe was initially Deputy Under Secretary of Defense of the Carter -Regierung, then US Secretary of Defense of the Clinton administration , Deputy Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush , a senior adviser to the Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad (2003) and above employees in US Ministry of Defense from 1994 to 2001.

As a lawyer, Slocombe began his career as a staff member on the United States National Security Council in 1969. Previously, he had experience with the United States Supreme Court under Abe Fortas . He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations . After serving in the government, Slocombe joined a law firm in Washington, DC .

Slocombe made his Bachelor of Arts at Princeton University in 1963. He then received one of the coveted Rhodes Scholarships , the selection of which is made in addition to academic qualities, character traits and athletic abilities. He spent the years 1963 to 1965 at the University of Oxford . He graduated from the law faculty of Harvard University in 1968 summa cum laude .

Terrorism / Counter-Terrorism. Their Impact on Security Sector Reform and Basic Democratic Values . In: Alan Bryden and Philipp Fluri (eds.): Security Sector Reform. Institutions, Society and Good Governance (Military and Social Sciences; Vol. 32). Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden 2003, pp. 291-312, ISBN 3-8329-0380-1 .
Force, pre-emption and legitimacy . In: Survival. Global politics and strategy , Vol. 45 (2003), No. 1, ISSN 0039-6338

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SURNAME	Slocombe, Walter B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Slocombe, Walter Becker (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	September 23, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Albuquerque , New Mexico