David M Abshire

DAVID M. ABSHIRE is President of the Center for the Study of the Presidency. He is also co-founder, vice-chairman, and former CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In government, he served on the staff of the White House Minority Leader from 1958-1960; as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, 1970-1973; member of the Murphy Commission on the Organization of Government in the Conduct of Foreign Policy, 1975; Chairman of the Board for International...See more

DAVID M. ABSHIRE is President of the Center for the Study of the Presidency. He is also co-founder, vice-chairman, and former CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In government, he served on the staff of the White House Minority Leader from 1958-1960; as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, 1970-1973; member of the Murphy Commission on the Organization of Government in the Conduct of Foreign Policy, 1975; Chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting 1974-1977: and Ambassador to NATO 1983-1987; and in the Cabinet as Special Counselor to President Reagan in 1987. See less