Appointment of Tyrus W. Cobb as a Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

The President today announced the appointment of Tyrus W. Cobb as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director of International Programs and Technology Affairs for the National Security Council.

Mr. Cobb has served since 1983 as Director of Soviet, West European, and Canadian Affairs at the National Security Council. Prior to that Mr. Cobb was a permanent professor of international politics at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He currently holds the position of adjunct professor of international security affairs at Georgetown University. A Vietnam veteran, Mr. Cobb served initially with a combat unit and later was named as a member of the American delegation implementing the 1973 Paris peace accords.

Mr. Cobb received a Ph.D. from Georgetown University, an M.A. from Indiana University, and a B.A. from the University of Nevada. He is married to the former Suellen Small of Reno, NV. They have three children and reside in McLean, VA.