May 21, 2016

The Honourable John J. Hamre President and CEO Director The Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy Center for Strategic and International Studies to address The US-ROK Alliance and North Korea's Nukes ICAS Fall Symposium Humanity, Liberty, Peace and Security The Korean Peninsula Issues and US National Security October 25, 2016 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Allison Auditorium The Heritage Foundation Washington DC

Dear Friend: We are pleased to share with you that Dr John J. Hamre will keynote the ICAS Fall Symposium slated October 25, 2016 in Washington DC. John Hamre was elected president and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in January 2000. Before joining CSIS, he served as the 26th U.S. deputy secretary of defense. Prior to holding that post, John was the under secretary of defense (comptroller) from 1993 to 1997. As comptroller, he was the principal assistant to the secretary of defense for the preparation, presentation, and execution of the defense budget and management improvement programs. In 2007, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates appointed John to serve as chairman of the Defense Policy Board. Before serving in the Department of Defense, John worked for 10 years as a professional staff member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. During that time, he was primarily responsible for the oversight and evaluation of procurement, research, and development programs, defense budget issues, and relations with the Senate Appropriations Committee. From 1978 to 1984, John served in the Congressional Budget Office, where he became its deputy assistant director for national security and international affairs. In that position, John oversaw analysis and other support for committees in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. John received his Ph.D., with distinction, in 1978 from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., where his studies focused on international politics and economics and U.S. foreign policy. In 1972, he received his B.A., with high distinction, from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, emphasizing political science and economics. The following year John studied as a Rockefeller fellow at the Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thank you.