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Institutional
Affiliations
Heritage
Foundation: Former Member of Heritage’s
Homeland Security Task Force (2)
Americans
for Victory over Terrorism: Former Senior Adviser (2)
International
Institute of Strategic Studies: Member (2)
Council
on Foreign Relations: Member (2)
Government
Service
Presidential
Envoy to Iraq: Current
National
Commission on Terrorism: Chairman, 1999 (1)
Ambassador
at Large: Appointed in 1986 by Ronald Reagan
Ambassador
to the Netherlands: Appointed in 1983
Corporate
Connections/Business Interests
Marsh
Crisis Consulting: Chairman and CEO until 2003 (1)
Kissinger
Group: Former Managing Director (1)
Air Products
and Chemicals, Inc: Board of Directors (2)
Akzo
Nobel NV: Board of Directors (2)
Economic
Club of New York: Board of Trustees (2)
Education
Harvard University: MBA
Institut D'Etudes Politiques of the University of Paris: CEP
Yale University: BA (5)
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Highlights
& Quotes
Bremer,
a career Foreign Service diplomat, was appointed Presidential Envoy
to Iraq in May 2003 to replace the hapless Jay Garner. According
to Bill Berkowitz, “Bremer is a consummate insider with roots
in several presidential administrations: During his 23-year diplomatic
service career, he was stationed in Afghanistan, Malawi, Norway,
and also served as Ambassador to the Netherlands. In 1989 he joined
the powerful New York-based Kissinger Associates, and in late 2001,
along with former Attorney General Edwin Meese he co-chaired the
Heritage Foundation's Homeland Security Task Force, which created
a blueprint for the White House's Dept. of Homeland Security. For
two decades Bremer has been a regular at Congressional hearings
and is recognized as an expert on terrorism and homeland security.”
(2)
Two
days after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon,
Bremer wrote: "Our retribution must move beyond the limp-wristed
attacks of the past decade, actions that seemed designed to ‘signal’
our seriousness to the terrorists without inflicting real damage.
Naturally, their feebleness demonstrated the opposite. This time
the terrorists and their supporters must be crushed. But we must
avoid a mindless search for an international 'consensus' for our
actions. Tomorrow, we will know who our true friends are."
(2)
At
a gathering of business leaders in Cincinnati shortly before the
U.S. invasion, Bremer said: "We're going to be on the ground
in Iraq as soldiers and citizens for years. We're going to be running
a colony almost." (4)
The
Washington Post described Bremer as “a hard-nosed hawk
who is close to the neoconservative wing in the Pentagon.”
His supporters include Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Defense Secretary
Paul D. Wolfowitz.
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