| Name:
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Lawrence J. Korb, Ph.D.
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| Title:
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Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
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| Position: |
Con
to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
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| Reasoning: |
"According to Richard Haass, director of policy planning at the State Department until June 2003...the administration 'did not have to go to war against Iraq, certainly not when we did. There were other options.'
Ironically...he is right about Iraq. It is a war of choice -- a bad choice as it turns out."
"A War of Choice or of Necessity?"
Washington Post, December 8, 2003
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Credibility/
Ranking: |
 Expert/VIP
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Council Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the US-Iraq conflict. |
| Involvement: |
- Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
- Senior Adviser, Center for Defense Information
- Former Director, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
- 1998-2002 - Council Vice President, Director of Studies, and holder of the Maurice Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
- 1988-1998 - Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, Brookings Institution
- 1981-1985 - Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and Logistics)
- 1981 - Director of Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
- 1980 - Advisor, Reagan-Bush Committee
- 1975-1980 - Professor, US Naval War College
- Former Director, Center for Public Policy Education, Brookings Institution
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| Education: |
- Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany, 1969
- M.A., St. John's University, 1962
- B.A., Athenaeum of Ohio, 1961
| Relevant Affiliations: |
- Honorary Board Member, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
- Military Advisor Committee Member, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities
- Former Dean, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
- Former Vice President,Corporate Operations, Raytheon Company
- Awarded the Department of Defense medal for Distinguished Public Service
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| Contact Info: |
Phone: 202-682-1611, Main office
FAX: None listed
E-Mail: lkorb@americanprogress.org
Web Site: www.americanprogress.org
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| Other: |
Select Publications:
- "Time to Act: Iraq Study Group Offers a Way Forward," (with co-author Max Bergmann) Washington, D.C.: Center for American Progress, 12/06
- "Integrated Power: A National Security Strategy for the 21st Century," (with co-author Robert Boorstin) Washington, D.C.: Center for American Progress, 6/05
- "Five Steps To a More Stable Iraq," Star Ledger, 4/11/04
- "A War of Choice or of Necessity?" Washington Post, 12/8/03
- A New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants, and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Three Options Presented as Presidential Speeches, New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 2003
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