Frank Graham Klotz (born September 7, 1950) served as Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy. He was confirmed for the position on April 8, 2014, and retired on January 20, 2018. Until retiring in 2011, Klotz was a United States Air Force Lieutenant General who last served as the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. He was born in Lubbock, Texas. Biography General Klotz entered the Air Force in 1973 as a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He has commanded a Minuteman missile squadron, a missile launch task force, an operations group, a missile wing and a numbered air force. The general's staff assignments include tours on the Air Staff, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and at the State Department as a White House Fellow. He has also served on the faculty of the Air Force Academy, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, at the American Embassy in Moscow, Russia, and as the Director for Nuclear Policy and Arms Control with the National Security Council at the White House. He has also served as the vice commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Prior to assuming command of Air Force Global Strike Command, General Klotz was Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director, Air Force Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Between 2014 and 2018, Klotz served as Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, responsible for the management and operation of NNSA, as well as policy matters across the Department of Energy and NNSA enterprise in support of the president's nuclear security agenda. Education 1973 Distinguished graduate, Bachelor of Science degree in international affairs, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1975 Master of Philosophy degree in international relations, Oxford University, Oxford, England 1980 Doctor of Philosophy degree in politics, Oxford University, Oxford, England 1980 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 1988 National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 1996 Senior Officials in National Security Program, Syracuse University, New York 2005 Leadership at the Peak, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colorado 2006 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Alabama Assignments October 1973 - July 1976, Rhodes scholar, Oxford University, Oxford, England September 1976 - February 1978, international politico-military affairs officer, Directorate of Concepts,