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Thomas J. Leney
Tom Leney joined the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict as a senior associate in June, 1995. Prior to joining Carnegie, Tom was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of colonel. In his last military position he served as chief, strategic plans and policy for the Department of the Army. His responsibilities included: strategic planning, arms control, counterproliferation, information warfare, peace operations, and humanitarian assistance. As chief of the Army Crisis Planning Team, he was responsible for analysis of strategic and operational implications of Army participation in crises requiring military intervention. During his military career, Tom served in a number of policy-related positions, to include: special assistant to the secretary of the Army, speechwriter for chief of staff, Army, military assistant to supreme allied commander, Europe and assistant professor of social sciences at the U.S. Military Academy. He commanded an armored cavalry squadron in the Gulf War. Tom is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University.
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