Richard Haass
Richard Haass
Richard Nathan Haassis an American diplomat. He has been president of the Council on Foreign Relations since July 2003, prior to which he was Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State and a close advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell. The Senate approved Haass as a candidate for the position of ambassador and he has been U.S. Coordinator for the Future of Afghanistan. He succeeded George J. Mitchell as the United States Special Envoy for...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 July 1951
conflict dangerous delusion either small
The most dangerous delusion is that a conflict would be either small or quick.