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Richard Perle

Former Chair of the Defense Policy Board

Biography:

Richard Perle was the chairman of a Council on Foreign Relations study group on non-lethal options in overseas contingencies. The Council's report was published in the sping of 1995. Mr. Perle is called upon frequently to advise memeber of Congress and to testify at congressional policy hearings. He writes frequently for the op-ed pages of the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Evening Standard (London), Times Literary Suplement, Jerusalem Post, and other publications. He appears frequently on radio and television in the U.S. and abroad commenting on matters of security and foreign policy and is the author of Hard Line, a political novel.

Perle is currently a Consultant to the Secretary of Defense and Consultant to several U.S. and multinational companies. From 1981 to 1987 he held the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, among other U.S. Government inter-agency groups.

Richard Perle was the chairman of a Council on Foreign Relations study group on non-lethal options in overseas contingencies. The Council's report was published in the sping of 1995. Mr. Perle is called upon frequently to advise memeber of Congress and to testify at congressional policy hearings. He writes frequently for the op-ed pages of the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Evening Standard (London), Times Literary Suplement, Jerusalem Post, and other publications. He appears frequently on radio and television in the U.S. and abroad commenting on matters of security and foreign policy and is the author of Hard Line, a political novel.

Perle is currently a Consultant to the Secretary of Defense and Consultant to several U.S. and multinational companies. From 1981 to 1987 he held the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, among other U.S. Government inter-agency groups.

 

27th June 2004 – News Group Newspapers

Iraqi Freedoms are Sinister for Saudis

Richard Perle

On Wednesday the Coalition Provisional Authority will shut down and Iraq will be governed by Iraqis. more...

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27th June 2004 – News Group Newspapers

Iraqi Freedoms are Sinister for Saudis

Richard Perle

On Wednesday the Coalition Provisional Authority will shut down and Iraq will be governed by Iraqis. more...

9th February 2004 – Defense Week

Perle: Intel was Flawed, But War Still Justified

Richard Perle

U.S. intelligence on Iraq had "very serious" flaws, but the war against Saddam Hussein still was justified, according to an intellectual father of that conflict. more...