John Rood

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John Rood

Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
In office September 28, 2007 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Robert Joseph
Succeeded by	Ellen Tauscher

John C. Rood (born 1968) was Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 13, 2006 as Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation.

From February 2005 to October 2006 he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterproliferation Strategy at the National Security Council. From September 2003 to February 2005, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Forces Policy at the Department of Defense. Earlier in his career, he served as Director of Proliferation Strategy, Counterproliferation and Homeland Defense at the United States National Security Council. Rood came to the Central Intelligence Agency as a summer intern, then spent eleven years there as a missile development analyst. He was on the staff of U.S. Senator Jon Kyl for four years.^[1]^[2]

Mr. Rood received his bachelor's degree from Arizona State University (1990).^[2]

References

↑ Lugar, Richard G. (August 2, 2006). "Opening Statement For Nomination Of John Rood" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Dunkhe, Cecile (2007-07-24). "JOHN ROOD '90 B.S. - Rood's awakening". ASU Magazine. Arizona State University. Retrieved 2009-04-07.

External links

Rood, John State Department biography
The NSC's Sesame Street Generation
John Rood, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security photo
John Rood, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security another photo
Visit of the Under Secretary John Rood in Poland

Government offices
Preceded by Robert Joseph	Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security 2006-2009	Succeeded by Ellen Tauscher

v t e Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs of the United States of America

Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs 1972-1993	Tarr Donaldson Maw Benson Nimetz Buckley Schneider Derwinski Bartholomew Wisner

Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs 1993-Pres.	Davis Holum Bolton Joseph Rood (acting) Tauscher

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Name	Rood, John
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1968
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