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TitleOffice of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs
DescriptionThis office is the principal staff element of and advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for all matters concerning the formulation of policy and plans for nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, and chemical and biological defense. It is also directly responsible to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for matters associated with nuclear weapons safety and security, chemical weapons demilitarization, chemical and biological defense programs.
Parent OfficeOffice of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
Child OfficesDefense Threat Reduction Agency
Keywordsacq, biological, biological defense programs, cbrn, chemical, chemical and biological defense programs, chemical biological radiological nuclear, chemical defense programs, chemical weapons demilitarization, countering wmd, demilitarization, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons safety, threat reduction, threats
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