Frank Gaffney
| Frank J. Gaffney Jr. | |
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Frank Gaffney pictured in 2013
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| Born |
April 5, 1953 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Residence | United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education |
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (B.A., 1975) Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (M.A.) |
| Occupation | President of Center for Security Policy |
| Organization | Center for Security Policy |
| Known for | Conspiracy theories, political commentary |
| Salary | $309,000 (2012) |
| Parent(s) | Frank J. Gaffney Sr. Virginia Reed |
| Awards | Louis Brandeis Award (Zionist Organization of America) |
Frank J. Gaffney Jr. (born April 5, 1953) is an American conspiracy theorist who is the founder and president of the Center for Security Policy. He has worked in the US government, including seven months in the post of Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
Gaffney was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1953 to Virginia Gaffney (née Reed) and Frank J. Gaffney. His father was a classical music aficionado and long-time partner at the law firm of Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, which was founded by his wife's father, Earl Reed. (It merged in 2013 with Clark Hill PLC.) Gaffney's grandfather, Joseph Gaffney, was a city solicitor of Philadelphia. In the early twentieth century in that city, he was controversial as a known Catholic, because nativist Protestant groups in the city alleged that Catholics were "gaining control of American institutions while rewriting the nation's history".
In 1975, Gaffney graduated from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University. He received his graduate degree from Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.
Gaffney began his government career in the 1970s, working as an aide in the office of Democratic Senator Henry M. Jackson, under Richard Perle. From August 1983 until November 1987, Gaffney held the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy in the Reagan Administration, again serving under Perle.
In April 1987, Gaffney was nominated to the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. He served as the acting Assistant Secretary for seven months. During this time, despite his official post, he was excluded by senior Reagan administration officials from the then-ongoing arms control talks with the Soviet Union. Gaffney was ultimately forced out of the Pentagon; The Washington Post observed at the time that within four days of Frank Carlucci's appointment as Secretary of Defense, "Gaffney's belongings were boxed and he was gone". Following his departure from government, he immediately set about criticizing Ronald Reagan's pursuit of an arms control agreement with the USSR.
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