Frank Gaffney is the founder and president of the Center
for
Security Policy in Washington, D.C. The Center is a not-for-
profit,
non-partisan educational corporation established in 1988.
Under Mr.
Gaffney's leadership, the Center has been nationally and
internationally recognized as a resource for timely,
informed and
penetrating analyses of foreign and defense policy matters.
Mr. Gaffney also contributes actively to these debates
in his capacity as a columnist for the Washington
Times, Jewish World Review and
TownHall.com. He is also a contributing editor to
National Review Online. He is a featured weekly
contributor to Hugh Hewitt's nationally
syndicated radio program and the Monica Crowley Show on
WABC and
appears frequently on national and international television
and radio
programs. In addition, his op.ed. articles have appeared,
among other
places, in The Wall Street Journal, USA
Today, The New Republic, The Washington
Post, The New York Times, The Christian
Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, and
Newsday.
In April 1987, Mr. Gaffney was nominated by President
Reagan to
become the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security
Policy, the senior position in the Defense Department with
responsibility for policies involving nuclear forces, arms
control and
U.S.-European defense relations. He acted in that capacity
for seven
months during which time, he was the Chairman of the
prestigious High
Level Group, NATO's senior politico-military committee. He
also
represented the Secretary of Defense in key U.S.-Soviet
negotiations
and ministerial meetings.
From August 1983 until November 1987, Mr. Gaffney was the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces
and Arms
Control Policy under Assistant Secretary Richard Perle.
From February
1981 to August 1983, Mr. Gaffney was a Professional Staff
Member on the
Senate Armed Services Committee, chaired by Senator John
Tower
(R-Texas). In the latter 1970's, Mr. Gaffney served as an
aide to the
late Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (D-Washington) in the
areas of
defense and foreign policy.
Mr. Gaffney holds a Master of Arts degree in
International
Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced
International Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign
Service from
the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
Mr. Gaffney was born in 1953 and resides in the
Washington area.
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