Warnke, Paul Culliton

▪ 2002

      American lawyer and government figure (b. Jan. 31, 1920, Webster, Mass.—d. Oct. 31, 2001, Washington, D.C.), while serving as assistant defense secretary for international security affairs—the Pentagon's third highest position—under Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson, became the highest-ranking official in the department to question U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War publicly. He later served under Pres. Jimmy Carter as head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and as the chief negotiator with the Soviets in talks that resulted in the second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II), which both sides signed and adhered to, though it was never ratified by the U.S. Congress.

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