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Gary Samore
Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
**Dr. Gary Samore**, Executive Director for Research at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Most recently, he served as President Obama’s White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction.