Frank Klotz | |
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United States Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security | |
Assumed office April 8, 2014 |
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President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Tom D'Agostino |
Personal details | |
Born |
Frank Graham Klotz September 7, 1950 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.