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SUMMARY:WMD 2020 Virtual Address - Mr. Vayl S. Oxford\, Director\, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
DESCRIPTION:Mr. Oxford will discuss the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s role in supporting Department of Defense efforts to reduce the threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a time of Great Powers Competition. \nMr. Vayl S. Oxford\, is the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) located on Fort Belvoir\, Virginia. The DTRA mission is to safeguard the U.S. and its allies from WMD\, specifically chemical\, biological\, radiological\, nuclear\, and high-yield explosive threats\, and improvised threats by providing the means to prevent and counter the proliferation of WMD and improvised threats and to reduce\, eliminate\, and mitigate their effects. \nBefore being named DTRA Director\, he was the National Security Executive Policy Advisor at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) where he was responsible for guiding the strategic direction and vision for national security issues. \nIn DHS from 2003 to 2009\, he served as the Policy Advisor to the Under Secretary of Science & Technology\, as Acting Director of the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency\, and as the first Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO)\, which was created to be the single entity in the U.S. government to protect the nation against nuclear terrorism. Appointed by President George W. Bush and reporting to the DHS Secretary\, he led the development of the National Strategy to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. \nPrior to his appointment to DHS\, Mr. Oxford served as the Director for Counterproliferation at the NSC\, where he supported the development of the President’s National Strategy to Combat WMD\, the policy and strategy for WMD interdiction\, and represented the NSC in the development of the National Biodefense Strategy. He chaired the interagency working group for Operation Iraqi Freedom to develop policies for combating WMD in Iraq\, to include developing the initial concept for WMD exploitation and elimination\, and the plan for foreign consequence management to protect civilian populations from potential Iraqi use of WMD. \nFrom 1987 to 2002\, he held several positions with DTRA\, Defense Special Weapons Agency and Defense Nuclear Agency. Highlights include directing a 300 member staff and a $400M RDT&E program to defeat WMD targets. He also initiated a joint program with SOCOM to develop specialized capabilities to exploit and defeat WMD threats. As Director for Counterproliferation\, he led DoD’s counterforce efforts to identify\, characterize and defeat WMD facilities\, including oversight of two Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations. \nMr. Oxford received his Bachelor of Science in General Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and his Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base\, Ohio.
URL:https://cbrnecentral.com/event/wmd-2020-virtual-address-mr-vayl-s-oxford-director-defense-threat-reduction-agency/
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SUMMARY:Global Webinar: The Button
DESCRIPTION:The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will host a free Bulletin Global Webinar: The Button on July 14\, 2020. \nThe event features William J. Perry\, former US Secretary of Defense and Chair of the Bulletin Board of Sponsors; Tom Collina\, Policy Director\, Ploughshares Fund; and led by Kennette Benedict\, Senior Advisor to the Bulletin.  \nTwo days before the 75th anniversary of Trinity\, the first ever test of nuclear weapons\, we will be discussing Perry and Collina’s new book The Button. Get a sneak peek preview here. As the authors make clear:  \n“Unlike all other instruments of war\, nuclear weapons are the president’s weapon.”  \nFormer US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry is the Chair of the Bulletin’s Board of Sponsors. Tom Collina serves as policy director at the Ploughshares Fund. Kennette Benedict is a Senior Advisor to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.  \nRegister for the Zoom event here.
URL:https://cbrnecentral.com/event/global-webinar-the-button/
CATEGORIES:Conferences + Meetings,Webcast-Remote
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