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National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform ...

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The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold war alli...

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George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed t...

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We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe.

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Richard Perle

Political scientist

Born: 1941-09-16

Died: N/A

Richard Norman Perle (born September 16, 1941) is an American political advisor who served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs under President Ronald Reagan. He began his political career as a senior staff member to Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson on the Senate Armed Services Committee in the 1970s. He served on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004 where he served as chairman from 2001 to 2003 under the Bush Administration before resigning due to conflict of interests.More