Lawrence J. Korb, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a Senior Adviser to the Center for Defense Information, will present "National Security in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants and Weapons of Mass Destruction" on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium on the Hamilton College campus. The college's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center is sponsoring this event.
Prior to joining the Center, Korb was a Senior Fellow and Director of National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to joining the Council, he served as Director of the Center for Public Policy Education and Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, Dean of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, and Vice President of Corporate Operations at the Raytheon Company.
Mr. Korb served as Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and Logistics) from 1981 through 1985. In that position, he administered about 70 percent of the Defense budget.
Mr. Korb's 20 books and more than 100 articles on national security issues include The Joint Chiefs of Staff: The First Twenty-five Years, The Fall and Rise of the Pentagon, American National Security: Policy and Process, Future Visions for U.S. Defense Policy, and Reshaping America's Military.
Over the past decade, Mr. Korb has made over 1,000 appearances as a commentator on such shows as "The Today Show," "The Early Show," "Good Morning America," "Face the Nation," "News Hour with Jim Lehrer," and "60 Minutes."
