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gary samore

gary samore is the executive director for research of the belfer center for science and international affairs at the john f. kennedy school of government at harvard university .
from 2009 to 2013 , he served as president barack obama 's white house coordinator for arms control and weapons of mass destruction -lrb- wmd -rrb- , commonly referred to as the wmd `` czar '' .
in the position , samore `` served as the principal advisor to the president on all matters relating to arms control and the prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and wmd terrorism , and coordinated united states government activities , initiatives , and programs to prevent proliferation and wmd terrorism and promote international arms control efforts . ''
from 1996 to 2000 , samore served as special assistant to president bill clinton and senior director for nonproliferation and export controls at the national security council .
samore is an advisory board member of the the advocacy group united against nuclear iran .
he served as president of organization from september 2013 to august 2015 .
he resigned in disagreement with the bipartisan group 's opposition to the iran deal .
samore received his ma and phd in government from harvard university in 1984 .
