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Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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Former ASDs for International Security Affairs
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John H. Ohly
October 1, 1947 - December 1, 1949
James H.Burns, MG, USA (Ret.)
December 6, 1949 - August 27, 1951
Frank C. Nash
August 28, 1951 - February 28, 1954
H. Struve Hensel
March 5, 1954 - June 30, 1955
Gordon Gray
July 14, 1955 - February 27, 1957
Mansfield D. Sprague
February 28, 1957 - October 3, 1958
John N. Irwin, II
October 4, 1958 - January 19, 1961
Paul H. Nitze
January 20, 1961 - November 29, 1963
William P. Bundy
November 30, 1963 - March 15, 1964
John T. McNaughton
March 16, 1964 - July 19, 1967
Paul C. Warnke
August 1, 1967 - February 15, 1969
G. Warren Nutter
March 4, 1969 - January 28, 1973
Robert C. Hill
May 10, 1973 - January 4, 1974
Robert Ellsworth
June 6, 1974 - December 23, 1975
Eugene V. McAuliffe
May 6, 1976 - April 1, 1977
David E. McGiffert
April 4, 1977 - January 20, 1981
Francis J. West, Jr.
June 15, 1981 - April 1, 1983
Richard L. Armitage
June 9, 1983 - June 5, 1989
Henry S. Rowen
July 7, 1989 - July 31, 1991
James R. Lilley
December 12, 1991 - Jaunary 16, 1993
Charles W. Freeman
July 6, 1993 - September 5, 1994
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
September 15, 1994 - December 14, 1995
Franklin D. Kramer
March 29, 1996 - February 16, 2001
Peter W. Rodman
July 1, 2001 - March 2, 2007
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