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September 18, 1998

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES ROSE EILENE GOTTEMOELLER TO SERVE AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NON-PROLIFERATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                              THE WHITE HOUSE
                       Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________For
Immediate Release                        September 18, 1998
       PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES ROSE EILENE GOTTEMOELLER TO SERVE AS
  ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NON-PROLIFERATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY AT THE
                           DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
     The President today announced his intent to nominate Rose Eilene
Gottemoeller to serve as Assistant Secretary for Non-Proliferation and
National Security at the Department of Energy.
     Ms. Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Falls Church, Virginia, is presently
serving as Director of the Office of Nonproliferation and National Security
at Department of Energy.  From 1993 to  1994, Ms. Gottemoeller was the
Director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs at the National
Security Council.  From 1994 to 1997, she was Deputy Director at the
International Institute for Strategic Studies.  From 1992 to 1993, Ms.
Gottemoeller served as the Director of the Transition, Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency.  From 1978 to 1992, she was a social scientist at the
RAND Corporation where her research focused on the security policy of
former Soviet states.  Ms. Gottemoeller also served as adjunct professorial
lecturer at Georgetown University from 1989 to 1992.
     Ms. Gottemoeller received a B.S. in Russian, cum laude, from
Georgetown University and an M.A. in Science, Technology and Public Policy
from George Washington University.
     The Assistant Secretary for Non-Proliferation and National Security at
the Department of Energy is a new position.  The Assistant Secretary serves
as the Secretary?s principal advisor on matters of nonproliferation and
arms control, nonproliferation research and development programs, emergency
management policy, and the safeguards and security at the Department of
Energy.
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