Andrew Weber, who said last week that he is stepping down as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, is likely to stay in the Administration, he told NS&D Monitor yesterday. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on nuclear testing at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Weber declined to offer specifics about his next job or a smaller window for his departure than the fall but said he was “probably” going to stay in the Administration. “I’m under consideration for a few different things,” he said. “It’s premature to talk about it publicly.”
Weber, who also serves as the staff director of the Nuclear Weapons Council, has served in the position since 2009, overseeing the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. “After five-and-a-half years, it was time I thought ,” he said. “I looked at the things we accomplished, some of which are done, some of which are irreversible and enduring. An example of something that’s finished is the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons. I thought it was a great time to leave on a high with all those achievements. I want to do something new, a new challenge.” He said he was also happy with the path forward for nuclear weapons modernization, with the W76, B61 and W88 Alt 370 refurbishments on track.
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