| Walter B. Slocombe | |
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| United States Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Policy | |
| In office 1994–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Frank G. Wisner |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Feith |
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| Born | September 23, 1941 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard Law School University of Oxford Princeton University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Walter Becker Slocombe (born September 23, 1941) is a former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1994–2001) [1] and was the Senior Advisor for Security and Defence to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad (2003).
A lawyer and career federal official, Slocombe joined the staff of the National Security Council in 1969. Prior to that, he worked as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas.[2] He is a four-time recipient of an award for Distinguished Public Service and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He currently practices law with the Washington firm of Caplin & Drysdale.
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Slocombe received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1963, where he received the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate. Slocombe was also a Rhodes scholar, studying at the University of Oxford from 1963-1965. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1968 and was admitted to the bar in 1970.