Dinner Seminar with Lewis “Scooter” Libby

On Wednesday, January 29, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with national security expert and former White House senior staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Date & Time
January 29, 2025, 6:00 pm
Details
On Wednesday, January 29, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with Lewis "Scooter" Libby, national and homeland security expert from the White House (directly under Vice President Cheney), Department of Defense, and Department of State.

This event is open to Buckley Fellows only.

LEWIS LIBBY has held several high-level government positions related to national security and homeland security affairs, including roughly a dozen years working in the White House, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State. From 2001 to 2005, Libby served as chief of staff and assistant to Vice President Richard B. Cheney for National Security Affairs and as assistant to President George W. Bush. From 1989 to 1993, he served in the US Department of Defense (DOD) as principal deputy undersecretary (strategy and resources) and was later confirmed by the US Senate as deputy undersecretary of defense for policy. From 1981–1985 Mr. Libby served on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, and as Director for Special Projects in the East Asia Bureau of the State Department. After leaving DOD he served as the managing partner of the Washington office of Dechert LLP, an international law firm. He is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia.  He is currently the Distinguished Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. For the last decade, Mr. Libby has worked on national security issues related to US strategy and to security challenges in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe, including many projects for DOD's Office of Net Assessment.

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