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July 20, 2006

Presidential Nomination Announced

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate Dr. Todd I. Stewart, Major General, U.S.A.F (Ret.), to be a Member of the National Security Education Board, for a four year term.  Dr. Stewart directs the Program for International and Homeland Security at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.  This is a university-wide, strategic initiative to promote and support academic research, education and service related to all aspects of national security.  Dr. Stewart is also the Executive Director of the National Academic Consortium for Homeland Security.  Prior to accepting his current appointment with Ohio State, Dr. Stewart served for 34 years with the United States Air Force.  He holds a BS-Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University; a MS-Engineering Administration from Southern Methodist University; and a Ph.D.-Management from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

National Security Education Act

In December 1991, the President signed the National Security Education Act. The Act provides for the establishment of the National Security Education Program, the National Security Education Board and the National Security Education Trust Fund to carry out the following mission:

  • to equip Americans with an understanding of less commonly taught languages and cultures and enable the nation to remain integrally involved in global issues related to U.S. National Security;
  • to build a critical base of future leaders both in government service and in higher education, who have cultivated international relationships and worked and studied alongside experts of other countries;
  • to develop a cadre of professionals with more than the traditional knowledge of language and culture who can use this ability to help the U.S. make sound decisions on and deal effectively with global issues related to U.S. National Security; and
  • to enhance institutional capacity and increase the number of faculty who can educate U.S. citizens toward achieving these goals.

National Security Education Board

The National Security Education Board is made up of six senior nonfederal officials appointed by the president, and seven senior federal officials, most of cabinet rank, including the Secretaries of Defense (chair), State, Education, Commerce, and Energy.  The board determines the criteria for scholarship awards to students made by the National Security Education Program and recommends critical areas that the program should address. A broad-based group of advisers, composed of distinguished Americans in the field of higher education who have international expertise, also advises the program.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060720-6.html

 

 


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