Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Dr. Donald Kerr addresses The Washington Institute
By Matthew Levitt
Last night, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Dr. Donald Kerr addressed The Washington Institute for Near East Policy's 20th Annual Soref Symposium. In a lecture entitled "Emerging Threats, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Middle East," Dr. Kerr offered a a notional view of some of the issues that will be raised during the Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) in the Oval Office on January 21, 2009. Whoever next occupies the While House will inherent critical and pressing foreign policy challenges across the spectrum of U.S. policy toward the Middle East. From Iraq and Iran to Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli conflict, the President will already have a full plate on January 21.
Dr. Kerr's remarks are available here.