JOHN J. HAMRE SWORN IN AS DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

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No. 407-97
(703)695-0192(media)
_IMMEDIATE RELEASE_ July 29, 1997 (703)697-5737(public/industry)

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JOHN J. HAMRE SWORN IN AS DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen presided at a 1:15 p.m. ceremony
today to swear in John J. Hamre as the twenty-sixth deputy secretary
of Defense, following his July 24th Senate confirmation by unanimous
consent.

Hamre most recently served as the under secretary of Defense
(Comptroller), assuming those duties in October 1993. Before coming to
the department, he served for ten years as a professional staff member
of the Senate Armed Services Committee. In this capacity he was
primarily responsible for the oversight and evaluation of procurement
and research and development programs. From 1978 to 1984, he served in
the Congressional Budget Office, rising to the position of deputy
assistant director for National Security and International Affairs.
Hamre received his doctorate with distinction from the School of
Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. In 1972,
he received his bachelor's degree from Augustana College, Sioux Falls,
S.D., emphasizing political science and economics. The following year
he studied as a Rockefeller Fellow at the Harvard Divinity School.

Hamre was born on July 3, 1950 in Watertown, S.D. He is married to the
former Julia Pfanstiehl and they reside in Bethesda, Md.

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