Richard Perle
Politician
1941 –
Who is Richard Perle?
Richard Norman Perle is an American political advisor, consultant, and lobbyist who began his career in government as a senior staff member to Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson on the Senate Armed Services Committee in the 1970s. Later he was heavily involved with the Reagan administration and served as the assistant Secretary of Defense and also worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004. He was Chairman of the Board in 2001 under the Bush Administration but eventually resigned in 2003 due to conflict of interests.
He is a member of several think-tanks including the Hudson Institute, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Board of Advisors, the Center for Security Policy, the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, the neoconservative Project for the New American Century, and the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group. He is also a patron of the Henry Jackson Society. Perle has written extensively on a number of issues. His cited research interests including defense, national security, and the Middle East.
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- Born
- Sep 16, 1941
New York City - Also known as
- The Prince of Darkness
- Parents
- Spouses
- Leslie Barr
(1977/07/31 - )
- Leslie Barr
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of Southern California
- Hollywood High School
- Lived in
- New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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