Directing DTRA

By John Liang / July 28, 2009 at 5:00 AM

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has a new director, the Pentagon announced today.

Kenneth Myers, a former senior staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was sworn in yesterday, according to a Defense Department statement:

Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Ashton B. Carter, said, "The selection of Ken Myers as the director of DTRA is another significant step in transforming how we defend against the threat of weapons of mass destruction. He has the right background with 15 years of hands-on nonproliferation, counter-proliferation and arms control experience at the national level to lead the agency in its mission to protect the United States and its allies from weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and support a safe, secure and reliable deterrent." Carter added that Myers also brings experience with the Moscow and START treaties; export controls; the U.S. - India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act; and Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act.

Myers has a bachelor's degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a master's degree from the Catholic University of America, according to DOD.

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