National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency
Watch Energy and U.S. Foreign Policy Task Force Chairs John Deutch and James Schlesinger discuss the task force report National Security...
Speaker: James R. Schlesinger, Senior Adviser, Lehman Brothers; Former Secretary of Defense; Former Secretary of Energy
Presider: John Deutch, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Former Deputy Secretary of Defense; Former Undersecretary of Energy; Former Director of Central Intelligence
December 18, 2006
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Watch Energy and U.S. Foreign Policy Task Force Chairs John Deutch and James Schlesinger discuss the task force report National Security...
This report argues that the lack of sustained attention to energy issues is undercutting U.S. foreign policy and national security.
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Members of the CFR Task Force on oil dependency discuss their recently released report with members of the press.