Keynote Speaker
Stewart A. Baker
Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy Directorate
Department of Homeland Security
Stewart A. Baker is the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security. He served as General Counsel of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004-2005), where he headed the drafting team for the Commission’s report. He also served as General Counsel of the National Security Agency (1992-1994) and Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Education (1979-1981). When not in government service, he practiced law at the Washington, D.C. firm of Steptoe & Johnson llp. Earlier, Mr. Baker served as a law clerk to John Paul Stevens, US Supreme Court (1977-78), Frank M. Coffin, US Court of Appeals, First Circuit (1976-77), and (as an intern law clerk) Shirley M. Hufstedler, US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1975).
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