jack period and roy gardner -- jack beard and roy gardner. i think it is fair to say that jack beard probably created this legal framework. umbrella agreement that describe the scope of the operations, with the four countries we were negotiating with. there were also implementing agreements, which described in more specific terms, what it is exactly that would be done. silo and so forth. the task of the interagency group was essentially to umbrella agreement with these four countries. also a series of implementing agreements. bill burns already done some of that. .e finished the negotiations he started with russia, we had not gotten very far with ukraine or kazakhstan. in march of 1993, i took over that job, , i took the job for one year. in the process of that year, thanks to a really effective team, jim turner was my department energy deputy, sitting in the front row. there wasder, back from osd. there are many others of us. gloria played the important role as the dod deputy. first year,f the the only year i was actually doing that job, we

work in history under roy gardner who is here with us today. he earned his phd in history at the university of california at berkeley where he worked with david oliver. his first articles published by harvard university press in 2003 to broad acclaim. it nominated him for a book award and the akira international book award. his second book, "know your enemy, the rise and fall of america soviet experts" was published in 2009 eliminating -- eliminating -- illuminating subjects between academic expertise and national security. the book was widely praised for its extraordinary range and depth. david's scholarship includes many articles. it has been recognized through awards in fellowship from the john simon guggenheim, and many more. cv is long enough that he could count as one of his publications. it is quite something. david has been important to schaeffer. he surveyed in many roles including program chair, and other functions before his recent election as vice president and then president of schaeffer. david has been important on the issue of ou

jack beard and roy gardner. two very able lawyers from the defense department. i think it is fair to say that jack beard probably created this legal framework. it consisted of we call an umbrella agreement that describe what the scope of what the operations were going to be with the four countries we were negotiating with. there were also implementing agreements, which described in more specific terms, what it is exactly that was going to be done. destroying a silo, missile, and so forth. the task of the interagency group was essentially to negotiate one umbrella agreement with each of these four countries. then also a series of implementing agreements. bill burns had already done some of that. he pretty well finished the negotiations in belarus. he started with russia, we had not gotten very far with ukraine or kazakhstan. so in march of 1993, i took over that job, and in the next year, i took the job for one year. in the process of that year, thanks to a really effective team -- jim turner was my department of energy deputy, sitting in the front row. the comma