February 24, 1998

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES SENATOR WARREN B. RUDMAN AS CHAIR OF THE SPECIAL OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INVESTIGATIONS OF GULF WAR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL INCIDENTS

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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of The Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release        February 24, 1998

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES SENATOR WARREN B. RUDMAN AS CHAIR OF THE SPECIAL 
OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INVESTIGATIONS OF GULF WAR CHEMICAL 
AND BIOLOGICAL INCIDENTS

 The President today announced his intent to appoint Senator Warren B. Rudman 
as Chair of the Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense 
Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents (The Special 
Oversight Board).

 Senator Rudman, of Hollis, New Hampshire, is also the Chair of the 
President
,s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and is a partner at the 
international law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.  He 
formerly served as Vice Chair of the congressionally-created Commission on the 
Roles and Capabilities of the United States Intelligence Community.  He served 
in the U.S. Senate from 1980-1992, where he was Chairman and Vice Chairman of 
the Ethics Committee and Vice Chairman of the Select Committee investigating 
arms transfers to Iran.  Senator Rudman also served as a member of the Select 
Committee on Intelligence, the Appropriations Committee, the Government Affairs 
Committee and the Subcommittee on Investigations.  Before serving in the U.S. 
Senate, Senator Rudman was the Attorney General of the State of New Hampshire, 
where he established the first Consumer Protection Division and Environmental 
Protection Division of the Attorney General
,s office. He was a combat platoon 
leader and company commander in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.  

 Senator Rudman earned his B.S. from Syracuse University and his L.L.B. from 
Boston College Law School.

 President Clinton established the Special Oversight Board by Executive Order 
to provide recommendations based on its review of Department of Defense 
Investigations into possible detections of, and exposures to, chemical or 
biological weapons agents, and environmental and other factors that may have 
contributed to Gulf War illnesses.  It will report to the President through the 
Secretary of Defense.