Defense Policy Board

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Category: Pentagon

About the Board

A 30-member, appointed advisory group that consults with the Department of Defense. Established in 1985 to provide the Secretary of Defense, "with independent, informed advice and opinion concerning major matters of defense policy." Members are selected by and report to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, a position currently held by Douglas Feith.

Membership

• Kenneth Adelman
• Richard Allen
• Martin Anderson
• Gary Becker
• Barry Blechman
• Harold Brown
• Devon Cross
• Eliot Cohen
• Gen. Ronald Fogleman, U.S.A.F., Ret.
• Thomas Foley
• Tillie Fowler
• Newt Gingrich
• Gerald Hillman
• Gen. Charles Horner, U.S.A.F., Ret.
• Fred Ikle
• Adm. David Jeremiah, U.S.N., Ret.
• Henry Kissinger
• Adm. William Ownes, U.S.N., Ret.
• Richard Perle (resigned Feb 24, 2004)
• Dan Quayle
• Henry Rowen
• James Schlesinger
• Gen. Jack Sheehan, U.S.M.C., Ret.
• Kiron Skinner
• Walter Slocombe
• Hal Sonnenfeldt
• Terry Teague
• Ruth Wedgwood
• Chris Williams
• Pete Wilson
• James Woolsey

External Links

• Center for Public Integrity, Advisors of Influence: Nine Members of the Defense Policy Board Have Ties to Defense Contractors