President Obama plans to nominate Rose Gottemoeller [2], a specialist in Russian defense and nuclear issues, for assistant secretary of state for verification and compliance. Gottemoeller, a former Energy Department official, is now at the Ploughshares-funded Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [3].
The person in the post is likely to play a strong hand in shaping U.S. arms control policy as Washington prepares for negotiations with Moscow on replacing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) that expires in December.
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[1] https://www.ploughshares.org/file/394
[2] http://www.carnegieendowment.org/experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_view&expert_id=101
[3] http://www.carnegieendowment.org/
[4] http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE52G7LW20090317