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1996:

  1. A discussion about national security
    A discussion about national security

    with Johanna McGeary, Les Gelb, Michael Elliott and more on Dec 4, 1996

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    22 min
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  2. A discussion on U.S.-China relations
    A discussion on U.S.-China relations

    with James Lilley, Les Gelb and Harry Wu on Dec 2, 1996

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    25 min
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  3. An interview about the Washington Summit
    An interview about the Washington Summit

    with Les Gelb on Oct 3, 1996

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    24 min
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  4. A conversation about the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv
    A conversation about the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv

    with Les Gelb, Mort Zuckerman and Gad Yaacobi on Mar 4, 1996

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    23 min
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  5. A discussion on Cuba
    A discussion on Cuba

    with Bernard Aronson, Les Gelb and Pamela Falk on Feb 26, 1996

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    60 min
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  6. A conversation about Iraq
    A conversation about Iraq

    with Fouad Ajami, Les Gelb and Rend Rahim Francke on Jan 17, 1996

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    60 min
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1995:

  1. A discussion of the situation in Bosnia
    A discussion of the situation in Bosnia

    with Jeane Kirkpatrick and Les Gelb on May 30, 1995

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    60 min
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1994:

  1. A panel on Haiti
    A panel on Haiti

    with Jean Dominique, Jesse Jackson, Les Gelb and more on Sep 15, 1994

    Duration
    60 min
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Les Gelb is a former correspondent for “The New York Times” and is currently President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a member of the editorial board of Encyclopædia Britannica that was re-established in 2005 after a 10-year hiatus.

Gelb was director of Policy Planning and Arms Control for International Security Affairs at the Department of Defense from 1967 to 1969, winning the Pentagon’s highest award, the Distinguished Service Award. Robert McNamara appointed Gelb as director of the project that produced the infamous Pentagon Papers, on the Vietnam War. He was an Assistant Secretary of State in the Carter Administration from 1977 to 1979, serving as director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs and winning the Distinguished Honor Award, the highest award of the US State Department.

He was diplomatic correspondent at “The New York Times” from 1973 to 1977; later, between 1981 and 1993, he was in turn national security correspondent, deputy editorial page editor, editor of the Op-Ed Page, and columnist. He was a leading member of the Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1986 for a six-part comprehensive series on the Strategic Defense Initiative (known as “Star Wars”).

Gelb became President of the Council on Foreign Relations in 1993 and is now President Emeritus.

Source-Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_H._Gelb