Project on National Security Reform - Washington, D.C, Politics

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pnsr.org - 11/4/2009

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Locher began his career in Washington as an executive trainee in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Subsequently, he served in the Executive Office of the President as executive secretary of the White House Working Group on Maritime Policy. Returning to the Pentagon, Locher worked in the ...

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