[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 161 (Tuesday, October 23, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   IN HONOR OF DR. WILLIAM C. POTTER

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 23, 2007

  Mr. FARR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dr. William C. 
Potter, director of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, CNS, at 
the Monterey Institute of International Studies, MIIS, for holding the 
first Nunn-Lugar Chair in Nonproliferation Studies.
  The Cooperative Threat Reduction, CTR, Program, commonly referred to 
as Nunn-Lugar, was created to address the threat against global 
security resulting from the dissolution of the Soviet Union and loss of 
control over weapons of mass destruction. Just think what could have 
happened without Nunn-Lugar--since the program's inception in 1992 
nearly 7,000 nuclear warheads and 2,000 missiles have been 
decommissioned. Nunn-Lugar also provides critical funding for security 
upgrades and conversion of many former nuclear and biological weapons 
facilities.
  Along with Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar, Dr. Bill Potter has 
devoted his academic life to nonproliferation issues as the director of 
the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of 
International Studies. Under Dr. Potter's leadership, the center is 
world renowned as a nexus for nonproliferation education, resources, 
and policy information. For over 9 years, the center has published The 
Nonproliferation Review, the leading international journal in the 
field, and other significant publications on various nonproliferation 
topics by international experts and practitioners. The center 
nonproliferation databases and website have become known among 
analysts, government experts, and the media as reliable sources of 
objective information on cutting-edge policy issues, as well as a broad 
range of technological and regime-related questions.
  Dr. Potter is a global leader on nonproliferation issues. He has 
authored or edited 14 books and has contributed chapters and articles 
in over 90 scholarly books and journals. He has served as a consultant 
to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the RAND Corporation. 
His present research focuses on nuclear terrorism and on proliferation 
issues involving post-Soviet states. He is a member of the Pacific 
Council on International Policy, the International Institute for 
Strategic Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations and served for 5 
years on the U.N. Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament 
Research.
  Madam Speaker, Dr. Potter's work on nonproliferation and disarming 
weapons in the former Soviet Union and locating ``loose nukes'' has 
contributed significantly to our global security. I can think of no one 
more worthy of the honor of the first endowed Nunn-Lugar professorship 
in the world devoted to nonproliferation study than Dr. William C. 
Potter. It is my honor to consider Dr. Potter a friend.




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