Challenges for the Obama Administration
The BBC World Service held a town hall discussion of the issues facing President-Elect Barack Obama after his inauguration. Topics included the current global financial crisis, events in Gaz…
280 viewsThe BBC World Service held a town hall discussion of the issues facing President-Elect Barack Obama after his inauguration. Topics included the current global financial crisis, events in Gaz…
280 viewsRichard Perle talked about the changes in defense strategies since the September 11 attacks. He said that terrorism presents the U.S. with an unknown enemy, far different from the Cold War S…
56 viewsRichard Perle, former assistant secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, spoke at a Defense Forum Foundation luncheon on the conflicts in Bosnia, Haiti, and Rwanda and Most Fa…
134 viewsParticipants discussed global nuclear arms and, specifically, the need to encourage North Korean compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement.
63 viewsPrime Minister Shamir addressed the conferees via telephone about the peace process in the Middle East. After his remarks, Ambassador Shoval addressed the conferees on the same topic.
107 viewsMr. Perle spoke from experiences and expertise as former assistant secretary of defense. He called the Persian Gulf war “a war conducted with extraordinary skill, courage, and determination.…
63 viewsThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard testimony from a number of witnesses on two main topics: the possibility that Iraq could have developed nuclear weapon capability, and the possib…
381 viewsAmerican Enterprise Institute sponsored a panel discussion on “Events in the Persian Gulf & International Cooperation in the Post Cold War Era.” The distinguished participants discussed the …
154 viewsThe Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on U.S. Persian Gulf Policy. Testimony centered around U.S. troop deployment in Saudi Arabia and suggestions that a military draft should b…
201 viewsFormer Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger was presented the Keeper of the Flame award by the Center for Security Policy.
124 viewsThe subcommittee met for the first in a series of hearings to focus on specific steps to maximize U.S. ability to provide telecommunications products and services to Eastern European and Sov…
112 viewsThis was the second in a series of hearings on the reauthorization of the Export Administration Act, which was to expire on September 30, 1990. The law authorizes the president to control th…
100 viewsThe committee continued hearings on a treaty between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to eventually phase out intermediate and short range missiles.
84 viewsThe full title of the debate is “Is the Strategic Defense Initiative in the National Interest.” The debate came three weeks before the December 7, 1987 Reagan-Gorbachev summit at which the …
537 viewsWitnesses testified on S.R. 167, The ABM Treaty Interpretation Resolution. Note: This is an incomplete program.
147 viewsAssistant Secretary Richard Perle talked about the US - USSR summit in Iceland. He answered questions from the students.
85 viewsRichard Perle testified on the status of the arms control treaty with the Soviet Union.
78 viewsAmbassador William Luers discussed dealing with the Soviet Union and other topics. He answered audience questions. Assistant Secretary Richard Perle’s speech on arms control was cut off. No…
50 viewsAssistant Secretary Richard Perle discussed arms control and answered audience questions. Note: There is some audio problems during the speech.
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