Using Carrots and Sticks with Russia October 2, 2008

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/26/Comparing_the_Temperaments_of_McCain_and_Obama

Former Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig discusses the Russian invasion of Georgia in August 2008, and how the next U.S. President should approach diplomacy between the two nations.

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This discussion was held during the Democratic National Convention. It features speakers are William J. Perry (the former Secretary of Defense), Richard J. Danzig (former Secretary of the Navy) and journalist Joe Klein - Truman National Security Project

Mr. Danzig was sworn in as the 71st Secretary of the Navy on November 16, 1998. He served as Under Secretary of the Navy between November 1993 and May 1997. In the period between these two jobs, he and his wife lived in Asia and Europe while Mr. Danzig served as a Traveling Fellow of the Center for International Political Economy and as an Adjunct Professor at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs.

Mr. Danzig was born in New York City in 1944. He received a B.A. degree from Reed College, a J.D. degree from Yale Law School, and Bachelor of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Upon his graduation from law school, Mr. Danzig served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White.