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Accordance of the Personal Rank of Ambassador to Ronald F. Lehman II While Serving as a Deputy United States Negotiator at the Nuclear and Space Arms Negotiations With the Soviet Union

May 24, 1985

The President today accorded the personal rank of Ambassador to Ronald F. Lehman II, of Virginia, in his capacity as Deputy United States Negotiator for Strategic Nuclear Arms, arms reduction negotiations in Geneva.

Dr. Lehman began his career as legislative assistant for the Armed Services Committee in 1976-1978. He then served as professional staff member of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, 1978-1981. In 1982-1983 he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic Forces Policy. In 1983 he became Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Defense Programs and Arms Control on the National Security Council staff, where he continues to serve. He has recently been named Deputy United States Negotiator for Strategic Nuclear Arms, United States delegation to the arms reduction negotiations in Geneva.

Dr. Lehman graduated from Claremont Men's College (B.A., 1968) and Claremont Graduate School (Ph.D., 1975). He holds the rank of major in the United States Army Reserve. His foreign languages are Vietnamese and German. He is married to Susan Elizabeth Lehman. He was born in Napa, CA, in 1946.

Ronald Reagan, Accordance of the Personal Rank of Ambassador to Ronald F. Lehman II While Serving as a Deputy United States Negotiator at the Nuclear and Space Arms Negotiations With the Soviet Union Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/259889

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