OCT 30, 2012 PROGRAM:
The Foreign Policy and the Next President

Posted by Sherry Howe

on Oct 30, 2012

On October 22, President Obama and Governor Romney debated a broad range of national security issues, from the Middle East to Afghanistan and Pakistan to the size of the U.S. military. Based on the perspectives they advanced at Lynn University, the views they've expressed in the past, and the teams of advisers they have assembled, what would be the major characteristics of each candidate's foreign policy? How would they differ, and what would be the implications for U.S. national security?

Eric Schwartz became dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota in October 2011, after a 25-year career in senior public service positions in government, at the United Nations and in the philanthropic and non-governmental communities.

Prior to his arrival in Minnesota, he was U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, having been nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2009. Working with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he served as the Department of State’s principal humanitarian official, managing a $1.85 billion budget, as well as State Department policy and programs for U.S. refugee admissions and U.S. international assistance worldwide.