Nuclear Weapons and Global Security

 Lieutenant General Robert G. Gard, Jr

to speak

September 16, 2010

on

Nuclear Weapons and Global Security

7:00AM to 9:00AM

(Coffee and Social 7:00am-7:30am, Breakfast to start at 7:30am

with Presentation to begin at 8am with Q & A at 8:45am)

Ludke Auditorium, University of New England-Portland Campus

    716 Stevens Ave., Portland Maine

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    General Gard feels that the greatest threat to the security of the United States and its allies is the explosion of a nuclear device on our homeland and that such a  threat is not just theoretical.  Urgent actions are necessary to minimize the likelihood of such a disaster, especially from terroists who may be able to buy or steal a weapon or obtain the weapons grade materials necessary to build an explosive device.  General Gard will review and evaluate the nuclear programs of the current US administration with these concerns in mind.                                  

     Lieutenant General Robert Gard, Jr. is  Senior Military Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation(1998 to present).  His career began in the Army in the 1950's and he has held numerous assignments including  former Assistant to then-Secretary of Defense McNamara, Director of Human Resources Development for the United States Army, and Commanding General of Fort Ord, CA and the 7th Infantry Division. He retired from the Army in 1981 as a Lieutenant General.  He has been  President of the National Defense University in Washington, DC (1977-81), Visiting Professor of International Relations, American University in Paris(1981-82), Director- Bologna ( Italy )Center, School of International Studies-Johns Hopkins University, President, Monterey Institute of International Studies(Emeritus), and a consultant on International Security and Education in Washington, DC.  His articles been published in Foreign Affairs, Adelphi Papers, and  Rutgers Camden Law Journal.  His Op Ed articles have  appeared in The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times and he appears from time to time on the MSNBC, CNN International, Fox News, and NPBN's News Hour.