Seven experts examine how resolving pressing domestic policy issues, from education to infrastructure, could help bolster U.S. leadership internationally.
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Peter G. Peterson is chairman emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and founder and chairman of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, whose mission is to target "undeniable, unsustainable and untouchable" threats to the nation's future and to future generations of Americans. He is chairman emeritus and co-founder of the Blackstone Group, a private investment banking firm. He is also founding chairman of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and founding president of the Concord Coalition. Mr. Peterson was the co-chair of the Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise and was also chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2000 to 2004. Prior to founding Blackstone, Mr. Peterson was chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers (1973 –1984). He was chairman and CEO of Bell and Howell Corporation from 1963 to 1971. In 1971, President Richard Nixon named Mr. Peterson assistant to the president for international economic affairs. He was named secretary of commerce by President Nixon in 1972.
Mr. Peterson is the author of several books, including Running On Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It; Gray Dawn: How the Coming Age Wave Will Transform America – and the World; Will America Grow Up Before It Grows Old?; Facing Up: How to Rescue the Economy from Crushing Debt and Restore the American Dream; and his recently published memoir, The Education of an American Dreamer: How a Son of Greek Immigrants Learned His Way from a Nebraska Diner to Washington, Wall Street and Beyond.
Seven experts examine how resolving pressing domestic policy issues, from education to infrastructure, could help bolster U.S. leadership internationally.
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Watch Alan Greenspan, president of Greenspan Associates LLC and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, outline the causes of the financial crisis and what the outcomes have been, including large fiscal deficits and new financial reforms.
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Listen to Alan Greenspan, president of Greenspan Associates LLC and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, outline the causes of the financial crisis and what the outcomes have been, including large fiscal deficits and new financial reforms.
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Former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Alan Greenspan outlines the causes of the financial crisis and what the outcomes have been, including large fiscal deficits and new financial reforms.
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Listen to Peter G. Peterson, founder and chairman of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and chairman emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, discuss his new book, The Education of an American Dreamer: How a Son of Greek Immigrants Learned His Way from a Nebraska Diner to Washington, Wall Street, and Beyond.
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Watch Peter G. Peterson, founder and chairman of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and chairman emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, discuss his new book, The Education of an American Dreamer: How a Son of Greek Immigrants Learned His Way from a Nebraska Diner to Washington, Wall Street, and Beyond.
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Listen to Leslie H. Gelb, CFR's president emeritus and board senior fellow, discuss his new book Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy.
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Listen to Theodore C. Sorensen, speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, discuss his recent autobiography.
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Watch Theodore C. Sorensen, speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, discuss his recent autobiography.
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A discussion of the book "Counselor"
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Listen to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York discuss the foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) discusses current foreign policy challenges facing the United States, including the war in Iraq, the situation in Afghanistan, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and how to deal with North Korea.
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Watch Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York discuss the foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
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