The age of Lorenzo de Medici was also the age of Leonardo da Vinci. The age of Pericles was also the age of Phidias. "There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts. Senate Files, Box 895, "Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 14 June 1956." John F. "If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live." - Speech at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 14 June 1956. "I have said that control of arms is a mission that we undertake particularly for our children and our grandchildren and that they have no lobby in Washington." -"Statement by the President to American Women Concerning their Role in Securing World Peace (449)," November 1, 1963, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. And if that journey is a thousand miles, or even more, let history record that we, in this land, at this time, took the first step." -"Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (316)," July 26, 1963, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Let us.step back from the shadow of war and seek out the way of peace. "My fellow Americans, let us take that first step. "With all of the history of war, and the human race's history unfortunately has been a good deal more war than peace, with nuclear weapons distributed all through the world, and available, and the strong reluctance of any people to accept defeat, I see the possibility in the 1970's of the President of the United States having to face a world in which 15 or 20 or 25 nations may have these weapons." -"The President's News Conference of Ma(107)," Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Arms Control and Disarmament ( Note: Parenthetical numbers in the titles of presidential speeches and news conferences refer to item numbers in the Public Papers of the Presidents.) For more information please contact Have a research question? Ask an Archivist. Kennedy, arranged alphabetically by topic. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museumīelow is a selected list of quotations by John F. She is married to a retired Navy officer and has twin daughters. Wormuth holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Fine Arts from Williams College and a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Maryland. Wormuth entered the government in 1996 as a Presidential Management Intern and began her public service career in the Policy Office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense until 2002.Īfter leaving government, she worked in the private sector on defense issues and then was a Senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies for five years. Wormuth then returned to the Pentagon as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and forces, and led the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review. She then served as a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense at the National Security Council until August 2012. Her first role in the Obama administration was as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense from early 2009 until December 2010. From 2014-2016 Wormuth served in DoD as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, where she advised the Secretary of Defense on the full range of regional and functional national security issues. She was a frequent writer and speaker on foreign policy, national security, and homeland security issues.īefore joining RAND, Wormuth served in several roles during the Obama Administration. At RAND, she ran a program responsible for more than $30 million in research and analytical support to OSD, the Joint Staff and other organizations. Prior to confirmation, Wormuth was the Director of the International Defense and Security Center at the RAND Corporation. The Secretary of the Army is the senior civilian official within the Department of Defense (DoD) responsible for all matters relating to the U.S. Senate and appointed as the 25th Secretary of the U.S. The Honorable Christine Wormuth was confirmed by the U.S.
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