*EPF105 02/05/01
Text: Bush Names Wolfowitz to Be Deputy Defense Secretary
(Wolfowitz served in Reagan, Bush administrations) (350)

President Bush February 5 named Paul Wolfowitz to be deputy secretary of defense -- the number two position in the U.S. Defense Department.

His nomination now goes to the Senate Armed Services Committee for consideration.

Wolfowitz served in the first Bush administration as under secretary of defense for policy under then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney. He also served in the Reagan administration as director of policy planning for the State Department and as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. In 1986, he was appointed U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia.

Following is the text of the White House announcement:

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
February 5, 2001

PRESIDENT BUSH NOMINATES PAUL WOLFOWITZ DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate Dr. Paul Wolfowitz as Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Dr. Wolfowitz joins the Defense Department from his position as Dean of the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. He is a veteran of both the Reagan and George H. W. Bush Administrations. At the beginning of the Reagan Administration, he served as Director of Policy Planning for the Department of State and then Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. In 1986, he was appointed U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia. Under President George H.W. Bush, Dr. Wolfowitz served as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. He has received several awards including the President's Citizen's Medal in 1991, the State Department Distinguished Service Medal in 1986 and the Defense Department Distinguished Civilian Service Medal in 1980.

Wolfowitz, 57, is a native of New York and a graduate of Cornell University. He received both his Master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He presently lives in Maryland and is the father of three.

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