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Name: Madeleine K. Albright, Ph.D.
Title: Former U.S. Secretary of State

Position: CON to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
Reasoning:

"To bolster the decision to oust Saddam Hussein, administration officials lumped his regime together with al Qaeda, describing them as complementary halves of the same existential threat. U.S. officials declared that America would act against such threats when and wherever necessary, regardless of international law, notwithstanding the doubts of allies, and without concern for the outrage of those who might misunderstand U.S. actions. America, said the president, had no choice but to go to war to prevent its enemies from obtaining more weapons or growing more powerful. And so the United States duly went to war against Iraq, despite having convinced only four members of the UN Security Council to back the action."

"Bridges, Bombs, or Bluster?"
Foreign Affairs
September/October 2003
Credibility
Ranking:		  Experts
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Consulate Generals, heads of government, Cabinet-level positions, military generals/admirals, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the U.S.- Iraq conflict.

Involvement:
  • U.S. Secretary of State under President William J. Clinton, 1997-2001
  • U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1992-1997
  • Professor of International Affairs, Georgetown University, 1982–1993
  • Staff member, National Security Council, 1978-1981
  • Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator Edmund S. Muskie, 1976-1978

Education: Ph.D., Columbia University, Department of Public Law and Government, 1976
M.A., Columbia University, Department of Public Law and Government, 1968
Certificate, Russian Institute, Columbia University, 1968
B.A., Wellesley College, Political Science, 1959

Affiliations/
Honors:
  • Awarded fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • Former President, Center for National Policy
  • Board member, Aspen Institute
  • Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Soviet and European Affairs
  • Member, Council on Foreign Relations

Contact Info:
Phone: none listed Fax: none listed
E-Mail:   none listed
Web Site: http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/biography/albright.html

Other: Select Publications:
  • Poland, the Role of the Press in Political Change, New York: Praeger with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., 1983
  • The Role of the Press in Political Change: Czechoslovakia 1968, (Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia University), 1976
  • The Soviet Diplomatic Service: Profile of an Elite, (Master's Thesis, Columbia University), 1968
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