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07 December 1998

TEXT: SECSTATE NAMES HALPERIN HEAD OF POLICY PLANNING STAFF DEC. 7

(O'Brien named Principal Deputy Director of policy planning)  (460)
Washington -- Secretary of State Albright has names Mort Halperin to
be Director of the State Department Policy Planning Staff with James
C. O'Brien as Principal Deputy Director of that staff.
The Office of Policy Planning was created in 1947 by George Kennan at
the behest of Secretary of State George Marshall. The Policy Planning
Staff serves as a source of independent policy analysis and advice for
the Secretary of State. The Director of Policy Planning has rank
equivalent to an Assistant Secretary and provides advice directly to
the Secretary and other department principals.
Following is the State Department text:
(begin text)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
December 7, 1998
STATEMENT BY JAMES P. RUBIN, SPOKESMAN
SECRETARY ALBRIGHT NAMES HALPERIN DIRECTOR , O'BRIEN PRINCIPAL DEPUTY
DIRECTOR, POLICY PLANNING STAFF
Secretary Albright has named Morton H. Halperin Director, Policy
Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State and James C. O'Brien as
Principal Deputy Director. Most recently, Halperin has served as the
Senior Vice President of The Century Foundation, formerly known as the
Twentieth Century Fund, and directed its Washington office. O'Brien is
a senior adviser to Secretary Albright.
Prior to joining The Century Foundation, Dr. Halperin served as
Special Assistant to President Clinton and Senior Director for
Democracy at the National Security Council.
In 1993, he was a consultant at the Defense Department, advising the
Secretary and Under Secretary for Policy.
Much earlier, Dr. Halperin served in both the Johnson and Nixon
administrations. The author of more than a dozen books on
international affairs, Dr. Halperin has taught at Harvard University
and has been associated with a number of think tanks, including the
Council on Foreign Relations, the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace and the Brookings Institution.
Jim O'Brien has been at the Department of State since 1989 and has
served on the staff of Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright since
1994. Prior to this, Mr. O'Brien served as an attorney-adviser in the
Office of the Legal Adviser in the areas of environmental, military
and European affairs. A former adjunct professor at Georgetown
University Law Center, Mr. O'Brien is a graduate of Yale Law School
and clerked for Judge John Minor Wisdom of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit, New Orleans.
The Office of Policy Planning was created in 1947 by George Kennan at
the behest of Secretary George Marshall. The Policy Planning Staff
serves as a source of independent policy analysis and advice for the
Secretary of State. The Director of Policy Planning has rank
equivalent to an Assistant Secretary and provides advice directly to
the Secretary and other department principals.
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