Michele Flournoy, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy at the US Defense Department, joined Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr., Stimson Chairman of the Board, in a conversation as part of Stimson’s Chairman’s Forum series on March 6.
Conversation topics included the Middle East, with Flournoy’s assesment of the conclusion of the US’ military mission in Iraq and the progress of Iraq’s stability, the state of the Afghanistan mission and Afghan security force, and Iran. She also discussed the adminstration’s recent movements in Asia and the Pacific region, her opinions on inter-agency functions, and the exchange of information between the executive and legislative branches.
Michele Flournoy, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy at the US Defense Department, joined Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr., Stimson Chairman of the Board, in a conversation as part of Stimson’s Chairman’s Forum series on March 6.
Conversation topics included the Middle East, with Flournoy’s assesment of the conclusion of the US’ military mission in Iraq and the progress of Iraq’s stability, the state of the Afghanistan mission and Afghan security force, and Iran. She also discussed the adminstration’s recent movements in Asia and the Pacific region, her opinions on inter-agency functions, and the exchange of information between the executive and legislative branches.
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