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John F. Tierney

Executive Director, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

John F. Tierney is the executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. As a Democratic representative from Massachusetts, he was chairman of the National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee of the Government Oversight and Reform Committee.
Ideas

Congress Wants a Space-Based Missile Defense System. That’s a Colossally Bad Idea

A provision in the 2019 defense authorization act orders the Pentagon to start development.