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August 13, 1999

STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY

                              THE WHITE HOUSE
                       Office of the Press Secretary
 ________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                            August 13, 1999
                     STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
National Security Advisor Samuel Berger announced today the appointment of
Hans Binnendijk as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director,
Defense Policy and Arms Control, effective August 15, 1999.
Dr. Binnendijk has been Director of the Institute for National Strategic
Studies at the National Defense University since 1994.  Prior to that he
was Principal Deputy Director of the State Department?s Policy Planning
Staff (1993-1994).  He also served as Deputy Staff Director of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee (1980-1985).  In academia, he was Director of
the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and
Director of Studies at London?s International Institute for Strategic
Studies.  He has published widely on national security issues.
Dr. Binnendijk is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received
his Ph.D. in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, Tufts University.  He and his wife Mary Locke live in Bethesda,
Maryland with their two daughters.
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