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Richard Perle, former US defense official
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Richard Perle, former US assistant secretary of defense under Ronald Reagan and former chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee under George W. Bush, discusses the conflict between Russia and Georgia.

FRANCE 24's Andrea Sanke asked the former US assistant secretary of defense how he thinks the world's leading democracies should respond to the conflict between Russia and Georgia. How destabilising could Georgia's breakaway provinces prove on a global scale? 

 

Richard Perle, also former chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee under George W. Bush and now a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, gave us his view of the war in the Caucasus.

 

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Sanke and Perle interview

by Anonyme (not verified) - 02/09/2008 - 03:17

I just finished listening to Andrea Sanke's interview with Richard Perle. It was most interesting and enlightening. In just a few minutes Mr. Perle, in his calm, knowledgeable and logical manner explained the true situation re: Russia's invasion of Georgia, in spite of Andrea's confrontational, hard voice and demeanor. I remember being favorably impressed with Mr. Perle when he was in President Reagan's administration. Thanks France 24 for having him as a guest.

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