[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[July 13, 1992]
[Pages 1111-1112]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Linton F. Brooks To Be Assistant Director of the United 
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

July 13, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Linton F. 
Brooks, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Director of the United States 
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency at the Bureau of Strategic and 
Nuclear Affairs. He would succeed Susan Jane Koch.
    Ambassador Brooks has served as head of the U.S. delegation on 
Nuclear and Space Talks and Chief Strategic Arms Reductions (START) 
Negotiator from 1991 to the present. From 1989 to 1991, Ambassador

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Brooks served as deputy head of the delegation. He was confirmed by the 
U.S. Senate with the rank of Ambassador in 1990. From 1984 to 1989, he 
served as Director of Arms Control on the staff of the National Security 
Council. Ambassador Brooks has also served as special adviser to the 
Chief of Naval Operations, 1985, and Deputy Director of Strategic and 
Theater Nuclear Warfare Policy in the U.S. Navy, 1982-84.
    Ambassador Brooks graduated from Duke University (B.S., 1959), the 
University of Maryland (M.A., 1972), and the U.S. War College (1979). He 
served for 30 years in the U.S. Navy. He was born August 15, 1938, in 
Boston, MA. Ambassador Brooks is married, has two children, and resides 
in Vienna, VA.