Richard Perle
| Richard Perle | |
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| Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee | |
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In office 2001–2003 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| 1st Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs | |
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In office August 5, 1981 – May 8, 1987 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | Ronald F. Lehman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Richard Norman Perle September 16, 1941 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Leslie Joan Barr (m. 1977; 1 child) |
| Parents | Martha Gloria Perle Jack Harold Perle |
| Alma mater |
University of Southern California (B.A.) Princeton University (M.A., Political Science, 1967) |
| Profession | Political scientist |
| Religion | Judaism |
Richard Norman Perle (born September 16, 1941) 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 an 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 Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) Board of Advisors, the Center for Security Policy (CSP), the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (as a resident fellow), the neoconservative Project for the New American Century (PNAC), and the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA). Till December 2015 He was 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. Aside from these engagements, Perle is the former co-chairman and director of Hollinger, Inc., a partner of Trireme Partners and a non-executive director of Autonomy Corporation.
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