SPOKESPERSON AVAILABILITY

WMD Commissioners Available for Interviews

For stories related to terrorism and proliferation, members of the Commission on the Prevention
of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism are available to talk about a range of
issues including:

Weapons of mass destruction proliferation

Nuclear terrorism
Bioterrorism
National security
International terrorism threats including Iran, Pakistan and North Korea

About the Commission

Congress established the Commission to implement a key recommendation of the 9/11

Commission. The Commission will make specific recommendations this fall on what the nation
can do to improve its efforts to prevent WMD proliferation and terrorism.

WHO: Former Senator Bob Graham, Commission Chairman, Graham Center for
Public Service, University of Florida and University of Miami. Sen. Graham
represented Florida in the Senate for 18 years and has been vocal about
intelligence failures prior to 9/11.

Former Senator Jim Talent, Commission Vice-Chairman, Distinguished

Fellow, The Heritage Foundation. Sen. Talent represented Missouri in the U.S.
Senate and now works to raise awareness of the importance of assuring stable
military funding in times peace and war.

Former Rep. Timothy Roemer, President, Center for National Policy. Mr.
Roehmer represented Indiana for 12 years and helped sponsor the 9/11
Commission.

Ambassador Wendy Sherman, Principal, The Albright Group LLC.

Ambassador Sherman served as counselor and chief troubleshooter for the State
Department, as well as Special Advisor to President Clinton and Policy
Coordinator on North Korea.

Dr. Graham Allison, Director, Harvard University Belfer Center for Science
and International Affairs. For the past three decades, Dr. Allison has been a
leading analyst of U.S. national security and defense policy with a special interest
in terrorism.

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 Richard Verma, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP. After serving more than five
years as a senior policy advisor to the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Mr.
Verma now counsels clients on a broad range of legislative and public policy
matters.

Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center.

Mr. Sokolski worked on nonproliferation issues under Secretary of Defense Paul
Wolfowitz and has authored and edited a number of works on proliferation-
related issues.

Stephen Rademaker, Senior Counsel, BGR Holding, LLC. Mr. Rademaker

served as Policy Director for National Security Affairs and Senior Counsel for
Sen. Bill Frist. He was confirmed as an Assistant Secretary of State in 2002.

Robin Cleveland, Principal, Olivet Consulting, LLC. Ms. Cleveland was a

former close advisor to Paul Wolfowitz when he held the World Bank’s top
position.

Commission Director Dr. Evelyn Farkas was a staff member of the Senate
Armed Services Committee and Assistant Professor of Politics at the Marine
Corps University.

CONTACT: To schedule an interview, please contact:

Melanie Pipkin: (202) 350-6653 or melanie.pipkin@edelman.com
Evelyn Farkas: (703) 699-2801or evelyn.farkas@wso.whs.mil
Eric Fanning: (703) 699-2801 or eric.fanning@wso.whs.mil

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