FORA.tv Speaker - David Abshire

David M. Abshire is President of the Center for the Study of the Presidency (CSP) in Washington, D.C. He also is the President of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation of New York, which gives grants in the fields of science and education and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., which he co-founded with Admiral Arleigh Burke in 1962, and served as its chief executive for many years. In 2002, he led in the establishment of the Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy at CSIS. He recently served as one of the four co-convenors of the 2006 Congressionally-mandated Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group.