    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1995, Book II)]
    [July 13, 1995]
    [Pages 1091-1092]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Appointment of the Chairman of the Commission on the
    Roles and Capabilities of the United States Intelligence Community
    July 13, 1995

        I am announcing today my intention to appoint Harold Brown to chair
    the congressionally mandated Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of
    the United States Intelligence Community. This appointment fills the
    post held by Les Aspin. Like Les, Harold Brown brings a rich combination
    of experience, creativity, and vision to this crucial job.

        I would also like to take this opportunity to thank former Senator
    Warren Rudman, who so ably served as Acting Chairman in the interim and
    who will again assume the position of Vice Chairman. He and Tony
    Harrington, as Acting Vice Chairman, have done an excellent job keeping
    up the momentum of the Commission's work. They and the rest of the
    Commission are conducting a thorough assessment of the kind of
    intelligence community we will need to address the security challenges
    of the future.

        Harold Brown is a counselor at the Center for Strategic and
    International Studies. Prior to this post, he has served as Secretary of
    Defense from 1977 to 1981. He also served as Director of Defense
    Research and Engineering from 1961 to 1965, and Secretary of the Air
    Force from 1965 to 1969. In addition, he was president

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    of the California Institute of Technology from 1969 to 1977, and he was
    chairman of the Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute from 1984 to
    1992.