[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.