The Petraeus Report: A Discussion by Larry Korb

September 26, 2007, 12:00pm – 1:30pm

About This Event

Larry Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington D.C., will give a lunchtime address at the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA describing and discussing the implications of the Petraeus Report, a summary of General Petraeus' views about the future course of the war in Iraq. Phil Carter, a veteran who served in Iraq in 2006, lawyer and Slate commentator, will then offer his impressions on the Petraeus Report given his experiences in Iraq. Q & A will follow. This event is free and open to the public.

 

Discussion by Larry Korb, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C.

Followed by comments from Phillip Carter, '97, J.D. '04, U.S. Army Captain and Iraq War Veteran

Location

UCLA Law School
385 Charles E. Young Dr. East
Room 1457
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Biographies

Lawrence J. Korb is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a Senior Advisor to the Center for Defense Information. Prior to joining the Center, he was a Senior Fellow and Director of National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. From July 1998 to October 2002, he was Council Vice President, Director of Studies, and holder of the Maurice Greenberg Chair.

Prior to joining the Council, Mr. Korb 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.

Dr. 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. For his service in that position, he was awarded the Department of Defense's medal for Distinguished Public Service. Mr. Korb served on active duty for four years as Naval Flight Officer, and retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Captain.

Dr. 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, Reshaping America's Military, and A New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants, and Weapons of Mass Destruction. His articles have appeared in such journals as Foreign Affairs, Public Administration Review, New York Times Sunday Magazine, Naval Institute Proceedings, and International Security. 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, This Week with David Brinkley, MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, 60 Minutes, Larry King Live, The O'Reilly Factor, and Crossfire. His more than 100 op-ed pieces have appeared in such major newspapers as the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Christian Science Monitor.

 

Phillip Carter is an associate in McKenna Long & Aldridge's Los Angeles Office, where he is a member of the Government Contracts practice group. He also practices in the area of international law.

Phillip has experience negotiating teaming agreements and subcontracts, and developing proposals for large multiple award contracts like the U.S. Navy's Seaport program. He also counsels clients about socioeconomic policies, such as those relating to small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and regarding compliance with domestic preference statutes and regulations such as the Buy American Act and Berry Amendment. His practice also includes conducting internal investigations and voluntary disclosures to the Department of Defense. In addition, Phillip represents clients in security clearance proceedings before the Department of Defense and other government agencies. His national security practice also includes appellate work in the landmark cases FAIR vs. Rumsfeld, in which he submitted an amicus brief supporting the military's right to recruit on law school campuses, and Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld, in which he represented several military law scholars challenging the lawfulness of the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay.

Phillip contributes articles on law and national security to Slate, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Monthly, among other publications. He has been featured as an expert in many newspapers and magazines, and has also appeared as an expert discussing legal or military affairs on CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio, and PBS' Jim Lehrer NewsHour.

Prior to joining McKenna Long & Aldridge, Phillip served as an officer in the United States Army, including nine years of active and reserve service with military police and civil affairs units. While on active duty before law school, Phillip played a key role in the fielding, testing and evaluation of the Army's digital battle command systems. In 2005-06, he took a leave of absence from the firm to serve in Iraq with the Army's 101st Airborne Division as an adviser to the Iraqi police.