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Frank Klotz

Frank Klotz
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United States Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security
Assumed office
April 8, 2014
President Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded by Tom D'Agostino
Personal details
Born Frank Graham Klotz
(1950-09-07) September 7, 1950 (age 66)
Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Spouse(s) Nancy
Alma mater U.S. Air Force Academy
Oxford University
National War College
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch United States Air Force
Years of service 1973–2011
Rank Lieutenant general
Awards Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (4)
Defense Superior Service Medal (3)
Legion of Merit (2)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Frank Graham Klotz (born September 7, 1950) is the Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy. He was confirmed for the position on April 8, 2014.

Until retiring in 2011, Klotz was a United States Air Force Lieutenant General who last served as the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

He was born in Lubbock, Texas.

General Klotz entered the Air Force in 1973 as a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He has commanded a Minuteman missile squadron, a missile launch task force, an operations group, a missile wing and a numbered air force. The general's staff assignments include tours on the Air Staff, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and at the State Department as a White House Fellow. He has also served on the faculty of the Air Force Academy, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, at the American Embassy in Moscow, Russia, and as the Director for Nuclear Policy and Arms Control with the National Security Council at the White House. He has also served as the vice commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Prior to assuming command of Air Force Global Strike Command, General Klotz was Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director, Air Force Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.


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