- Rand Beers
Rand Beers is a former American
counterterrorism adviser who served on the National Security Council under U.S. PresidentsRonald Reagan ,George H.W. Bush ,Bill Clinton , andGeorge W. Bush . He also served asAssistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs under both President Clinton and President George W. Bush. Beers resigned in protest from the NSC inMarch 2003 , five days before commencement of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.In June 1996, Beers was informed by the FBI that the
People's Republic of China might be trying to funnel money into U.S. election campaigns. Beers later claimed he did not report the information about the China money controversy to President Clinton or his National Security Advisor because FBI agents asked that he not share information from the briefing with them. The FBI denied the claim.Mitchell, Alison, [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70716FB3E5D0C728DDDAA0894DF494D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fP%2fPresidential%20Election%20of%201996 "Warning on China Never Got to Him, Clinton Contends"] , "New York Times",March 11 ,1997 ]After leaving his NSC position, Beers joined the presidential campaign of
John Kerry , serving as the National Security Advisor to the Kerry-Edwards 2004 campaignBlumenfeld, Laura [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A62941-2003Jun15?language=printer "Former Aide Takes Aim at War on Terror"] , "Washington Post",June 16 ,2003 ] . He teaches a seminar in collaboration withRichard A. Clarke on national security issues at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.Beers is a graduate of
Dartmouth College , and theUniversity of Michigan ; he served in a U.S. Marine Corpsrifle company inVietnam .In June 2006, Beers founded the
National Security Network , a progressive foreign policy think tank headquartered inWashington, D.C. , where he currently serves as President. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Network] ] .See also
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Timeline of Cox Report controversy
*Iraq war (disambiguation)
*2003 invasion of Iraq
*Post-invasion Iraq, 2003-2006
*Mission Accomplished References
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