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Nomination for an Assistant to the Secretary of Defense

April 09, 1993

The President will nominate Harold Palmer Smith to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy. Mr. Smith, a trained nuclear engineer, has advised the Defense Department in a variety of capacities since the late 1960's.

"Through his long career of public and private sector service, Harold Palmer Smith has distinguished himself with sound scientific advice," said the President. "I am glad to have him joining Secretary Aspin at the Pentagon."

NOTE: A biography of the nominee was made available by the Office of the Press Secretary.

William J. Clinton, Nomination for an Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/219649

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