L. Paul Bremer

Lewis Paul Bremer III, born September 30, 1941, known as Paul Bremer and also nicknamed Jerry Bremer, is an American diplomat. He was Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for post-war Iraq following Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, replacing Jay Garner on May 6, 2003.

In late 2001, along with former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, Bremer co-chaired the Heritage Foundation's Homeland Security Task Force, which created a blueprint for the White House's Department of Homeland Security.

External links

• "Baghdad year zero: Pillaging Iraq in pursuit of a neocon utopia", Naomi Klein, September 2004
• Paul Bremer profile, NNDB
• Paul Bremer timeline at the History Commons
• CPA Bios
• Bremer's Tale: The Top American in Iraq, NPR Fresh Air from WHYY (Audio), January 10, 2006
• CPA Reunion Party January 14, 2006
• "Frontline: the lost year in iraq |PBS" 2006
• What has happened to Iraq's missing $1bn?, The Independent, September 19, 2005
• My sadness at the privatisation of Iraq, Times Online, August 12, 2005
• Former Bush aide turns critic as Iraq inspector, Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2005—Contains another perspective on the conflict between Bremer and Inspector General Bowen
• Iraq reconstruction riddled with waste, audits find The Seattle Times, July 4, 2005
• Ave Maria University Commencement Address, June 19, 2005
• Bremer Speaks at Clark University Worcester IMC April 19, 2005
• Bremer, students spar The Bowdoin Orient], April 15, 2005
• Bremer explains, defends Iraq war Brunswick Times Record, April 11, 2005
• Oversight of Funds Provided to the Iraqi Ministries through the National Budget Process report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction that documents the unaccounted for $9 billion
• TD Waterhouse Keynote Address @ IA Conference American Rhetoric February 4, 2005
• Transcript: Paul Bremer, Former U.S. Administrator in Iraq Fox News July 6, 2004
• Paul Bremer's Rough Ride TIMES Archive June 28, 2004
• Bremer Answers QuestionsUSAToday June 17, 2004
• In Iraq, the Job Opportunity of a Lifetime Washington Post, May 22, 2004 (about young volunteers hired by the Pentagon to handle financial tasks in Iraq)
• Racing the Clock in IraqNewsweek February 9, 2004
• Letter From Baghdad, War After the War The New Yorker November 2003
• "Online NewsHour" Interview September 24, 2003
• Frontline Interview with L. Paul Bremer August 1, 2003
• Faith Gives Him Strength, June 19, 2003
• How Should America Address Terrorist Aggression, CNN television interview September 14, 2001
• Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism A Presentation by Ambassador L. Paul Bremer The Nixon Center July 19, 2000
• Global Threat, pbs interview of L. Paul Bremer, III and former CIA official Larry Johnson, June 6, 2000
• Terrorism: its evolving nature - by L. Paul Bremer, III US Dept. of State Bulletin May 1989