Walter_Slocombe
Walter B. Slocombe
American lawyer and federal official
Walter Becker Slocombe (born Walter Becker Brakeman; September 23, 1941)[1] is a former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1994–2001)[2] and was the Senior Advisor for Security and Defense to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad (2003).
A lawyer and career federal official, Slocombe joined the staff of the National Security Council in 1969. Prior to that, he worked as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas.[3] Slocombe currently sits on the Board of Directors at the Atlantic Council,[4] is a four-time recipient of an award for Distinguished Public Service and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He currently practices law with the Washington firm of Caplin & Drysdale.