Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters
An intimate discussion between life-long friends and colleagues Rand Beers, president of the National Security Network, and Richard Clarke, author of the forthcoming book "Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters." Beers, who left the Bush administration in protest to become an outspoken leader in the progressive foreign policy community, will interview Clarke on issues such as terrorism, Iraq, climate change, the next administration and how we recover from a reckless era in world affairs within the context of a pronounced progressive movement.
Rand Beers left the Bush White House two days before the Iraq War, opposing the War and the abandonment of our Afghanistan and counter-terrorism efforts. He then joined the John Kerry campaign as National Security Advisor. After the election, he set up the National Security Network to counter the Bush/conservative national security spin machine and lay out progressive alternatives for politicians and the public. Rand is a Harvard Kennedy School faculty member, and during his 36 year government career served in the Marines, the State Department and on the National Security Council under the last four presidents.
An early critic of the Iraq war who resigned from the Bush administration, Richard A. Clarke is an internationally recognized expert on security, including homeland security, national security, cyber security and counterterrorism. He is a faculty member at Harvard's Kennedy School, an on-air consultant for ABC News and chairman of a small international consulting firm. Dick has written several books since leaving government, including the non-fiction #1 NYT Bestseller "Against All Enemies" and its 2008 sequel "Your Government Failed You." He served 30 years in national security positions, including 11 in the White House.
