William Schneider Jr.

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William J. Schneider Jr. (born November 20, 1941)[1] is an American who has served in a number of federal government positions.

William J. Schneider Jr.
Schneider (right) in 2001
7th Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs
In office
September 9, 1982 – October 31, 1986
Preceded byJames L. Buckley
Succeeded byEd Derwinski
Personal details
BornNovember 20, 1941

Schneider served as Under-Secretary of State in the Reagan administration, and later became a member of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC). He was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, PNAC Letter sent to President Bill Clinton that encouraged an attack against Iraq.[2] In that same year he served on the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States, which came to the conclusion that Iraq could develop a ballistic missile capable of striking the US in ten years.

In January 2001, as President George W. Bush prepared to take office, Schneider served on a panel for nuclear weapons issues sponsored by the National Institute for Public Policy, a conservative think tank. Other members of the panel included Stephen Hadley, Stephen Cambone, and Robert Joseph, who later were appointed to senior positions in the Bush administration. This panel advocated using tactical nuclear weapons as a standard part of the United States defense arsenal.

In 2001 he was appointed by the US Senate to the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry.

Schneider was selected by Donald Rumsfeld to chair the Defense Science Board. In this position, Schneider continued to advocate using nuclear weapons in certain limited first-strike situations.

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  1. ^ Ronald Reagan: 1987. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Vol. 2. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. 1989.
  2. ^ "Letter to President Clinton on Iraq". Project for the New American Century. 1998-01-26. Archived from the original on 2001-10-17. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
Political offices
Preceded by Undersecretary of State for International Security Affairs
1982–1986
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by
Craig I. Fields
Chairman of the Defense Science Board
2001–2009
Succeeded by