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NSTAC XX Meeting - December 1997

Business Session
Thursday, December 11, 1997 - Department of State, Dean Acheson Auditorium

Executive Session/ Lunch
Thursday, December 11, 1997 - Old Executive Office Building, Indian Treaty Room

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Chairman Charles Lee (left) opens the business session for the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) on December 11. Alongside Lee is Army Lieutenant General David J. Kelley, Manager of the National Communications System and Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

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Deputy Defense Secretary John J. Hamre said the U.S. is facing an "Electronic Pearl Harbor" and asked industry representatives to take appropriate steps to protect the telecommunications infrastructure used by the Defense Department and other Government organizations. He spoke to members of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) at the State Department's Dean Acheson Auditorium December 11. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

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Vice President Al Gore shares a laugh with Charles Lee, Chairman of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) during its executive session at the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. Lee is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GTE and also serves a member on the Advisory Committee to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP). (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

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Defense Secretary William S. Cohen emphasized the Government's reliance on the telecommunications industry's expertise, talent and creativity to tackle the telecommunications challenges facing the country. Cohen spoke to members of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) executive session held December 11 in the Indian Treaty Room of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

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Attorney General Janet Reno said industry and Government still face many challenges in tackling telecommunications issues. These issues include Freedom of Information Act concerns, quick response to systems intrusion and a need for industry to share proprietary information. Reno's remarks were made during the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) executive session, held December 11 at the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

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Vice President Al Gore said the President must have the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee's (NSTAC) careful insight to challenges facing the Nation, adding that NSTAC should work to forecast plans, policy and resources to address information security in new and innovative ways. The Vice President made those remarks before NSTAC's executive session December 11 at the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

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"There is no finer example of industry-Government partnership," said National Security Advisory Sandy Berger in describing the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), adding that NSTAC has made this a safer country. His remarks came during the NSTAC executive session held December 11 at the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

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