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Executive Luncheon Series

A Decade of Cooperative Threat Reduction

Thursday, September 21, 2000

Featured Speaker: Dr. Harold P. Smith Jr.

In 1991, Senators Nunn and Lugar provided the legislation for the Department of Defense to assist Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazahkstan in dismantling their weapons of mass destruction. As 2001 approached, it was appropriate to review the accomplishments of the program, why it had succeeded, and how it would continue.

From 1993-1998, Dr. Smith served as the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs. He was responsible for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) Program, which assists the former Soviet Union in the dismantlement of their weapons of mass destruction and in converting their related industries to commercial production.