William Schneider

William Schneider   (spook?)
Born	November 20, 1941
Nationality	US
Member of	American Committee for Peace in Chechnya, BAE Systems, Center for Security Policy, Council on Foreign Relations/Members 3, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Le Cercle, Project for the New American Century
An advocate use of the first-strike use of nuclear weapons. Attendee of Le Cercle  Defense Science Board/Chairman  In office 2002 - 2009 Appointed by Donald Rumsfeld Continued to advocate use of nuclear weapons in some limited first-strike situations.  Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs In office September 9, 1982 - October 31, 1986

Background

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Career

Schneider served as Under-Secretary of State in the Reagan administration, and later became a member of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC). He was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, PNAC Letter sent to President Bill Clinton that encouraged an attack against Iraq. In that same year he served on the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States, which concluded that Iraq could develop a ballistic missile capable of striking the US in ten years.

In January 2001, as President George W. Bush prepared to take office, Schneider served on a panel for nuclear weapons issues sponsored by the National Institute for Public Policy, a conservative think tank. Other members of the panel included Stephen Hadley, Stephen Cambone, and Robert Joseph, who later were appointed to senior positions in the Bush administration. This panel advocated using tactical nuclear weapons as a standard part of the United States defense arsenal.

In 2001 he was appointed by the US Senate to the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Le Cercle/1983 (Bonn)	30 June 1983	3 July 1983	Germany Bonn
Le Cercle/1984 (Bonn)	5 July 1984	7 July 1984	Germany Bonn	Held in Bonn, West Germany, the list of the 36 visitors was published online in 2011.

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