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Chemical and biological weapons subject of Kennedy Center lecture March 10

David Allen of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research will present a lecture titled "Chemical and Biological Weapons of Proliferation" Wednesday, March 10, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building on the Brigham Young University campus.

Allen is a chemical and biological issues analyst for INR, a branch within the U.S. intelligence community. He is responsible for providing all source intelligence analysis to the secretary of state and other senior department officials.

Prior to joining INR, he served for two years as a foreign affairs officer in the State Department’s Bureau of Nonproliferation.

He was awarded the Department of State’s Meritorious Honor Award for service on the department’s crisis task force following the terrorist attacks on the United States in September 2001.

Allen received two bachelor’s degrees and a master’s degree from BYU.

For more information on Kennedy Center events, see the calendar and news and events online at http://kennedy.byu.edu or call Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652.

Writer: Lee Simons

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