ACCESSION NUMBER:375594

FILE ID:EUR509

DATE:01/20/95

TITLE:JOSEPH KRUZEL, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR EUROPEAN AND NATO (01/2

TEXT:*95012006.PFE

*EUR509   01/20/95

JOSEPH KRUZEL, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR EUROPEAN AND NATO

POLICY



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(The following biography of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for

European and NATO Policy Joseph Kruzel was provided January 20 by his

office at the Department of Defense.)



Joseph Kruzel is deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO

policy.  Prior to assuming this position in 1993, Mr. Kruzel was actively

involved in U.S. defense policy both as an academic and a practitioner.



A distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 1967, Mr.

Kruzel served on active duty as an intelligence officer in Vietnam and as

current intelligence briefing officer for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  He

later served as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Strategic Arms

Limitation Talks (SALT I).  In recognition of his contribution to the SALT

I negotiations, Mr. Kruzel was presented the Distinguished Service Award.



Mr. Kruzel's other government service includes assignments as special

assistant to Secretary of Defense Harold Brown and legislative assistant

for defense and foreign policy for Senator Edward M. Kennedy.  He has also

done consulting work for the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the

Department of Defense, and the National Security Council.



Mr. Kruzel received his M.P.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.  He has

taught at Harvard, Duke, and Ohio State University.  Mr. Kruzel also

directed the Program on International Security and Military Affairs of the

Mershon Center at Ohio State.



His numerous publications on defense policy and arms control include the

continuing publication of the "American Defense Annual," a yearly review

and assessment of the major issues in U.S. security policy.



Mr. Kruzel is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the

International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the International

Studies Association.



He resides in McLean, Virginia, with his wife Gail and two children, Sarah

and John.



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