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'''Richard Norman Perle''' (born September 16, 1941 in New York) is a former aide to [[Democratic Party]] senator [[Henry Jackson]], former Undersecretary of Defense in the [[Reagan administration]], and later as [[neoconservative]] civilian advisor to [[The Pentagon]]. According to Richard Perle, he remains registered as a Democrat, out of "nostalgia, respect for [[Scoop Jackson]]"<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?/4corners/content/2003/20030310_american_dreamers/int_perle.htm</ref>. Outside of the public realm, Richard Perle served on Hollinger International Incorporated's board of directors along with [[Henry Kissinger]]. He was nicknamed "the Prince of Darkness" for his hard-line position against the [[Soviet Union]].
'''Richard Norman Perle''' (born September 16, 1941 in New York) is a former aide to [[Democratic Party]] senator [[Henry Jackson]], former Undersecretary of Defense in the [[Reagan administration]], and later as civilian advisor to [[The Pentagon]] as a member of the [[ Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee]]. He remains registered as a Democrat out of "nostalgia [and] respect for [[Scoop Jackson]]"<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?/4corners/content/2003/20030310_american_dreamers/int_perle.htm</ref>. Outside of the public realm, Richard Perle served on Hollinger International Incorporated's board of directors along with [[Henry Kissinger]]. He was nicknamed "the Prince of Darkness" for his hard-line position against the [[Soviet Union]]. He is a prominent [[neoconservative]].
== Education ==
== Education ==
Richard Perle attended [[London School of Economics]], received a BA in English from the University of Southern California in 1964, and received his MA in political science from Princeton University in 1967. Richard Perle once dated [[Albert Wohlstetter]]'s daughter, Joan Wohlstetter. Albert Wohlstetter also introduced Richard Perle to his then student [[Paul Wolfowitz]].
Richard Perle attended [[London School of Economics]], received a BA in English from the University of Southern California in 1964, and received his MA in political science from Princeton University in 1967. Richard Perle once dated [[Albert Wohlstetter]]'s daughter, Joan Wohlstetter. Albert Wohlstetter also introduced Richard Perle to his then student [[Paul Wolfowitz]].
== Iraq ==
Perle has a longstanding interest in the problem of [[Iraq]] and Saddam Hussein. In 1998, he co-signed a letter from [[PNAC]] to then-President [[Bill Clinton]]; it called on the President to "implement[] a strategy for removing Saddam's regime from power" and noted that "[t]his will require a full complement of diplomatic, political and military efforts."<ref name="PNAC">[http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm Letter to Bill Clinton from the Project for the New American Century]</ref> The letter also argued that [[Saddam Hussein]]'s development of WMDs would result in grave risk to [[Israel]], American troops in the region, moderate Arab states, and the world's oil supply.
After [[9/11]], Perle continued to press for action against Saddam Hussein and Iraq. He maintained that Iraq was involved in terrorism, that there were documentable ties between [[Saddam Hussein]] and [[Osama bin Laden]], and that a primary goal of the [[war on terror]] should be to topple Saddam. He said that terrorists should be pursued "even if we cannot prove to the standards that we enjoy in our own civil society"--presumably, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, as is done in criminal trials--"that they were involved." <ref name="CNN916">[http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/16/en.00.html CNN interview with Richard Perle on 9/16/2001]</ref>
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