Nomination of Richard N. Perle To Be an Assistant Secretary of Defense

The President today announced his intention to nominate Richard N. Perle to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Planning).

Mr. Perle was a professional staff member, Select Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and a staff member, Subcommittee on Arms Control, Senate Armed Services Committee, 1972-80. He was a consultant to the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense in 1969. He also served as an adviser to Senator Henry Jackson (D-Wash.).

Mr. Perle graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1964) and Princeton University (M.A., 1967).

Mr. Perle resides in Chevy Chase, Md. He was born September 16, 1941, in New York, N.Y.