- Born
- Birth nameRichard Nathan Haass
- Richard Haass was born on July 28, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer, known for Iran & the West (2009), PBS News Hour (1975) and Vice (2013).
- President, Council on Foreign Relations.
- President of the Council on Foreign Relations.
- President George H.W. Bush's Middle East Advisor in 1990.
- He was the 2009 Commencement Speaker at Oberlin College.
- Part of his 2009 Commencement Speech: Dissent will be, and should be, part of your lives. This country was born of dissent (the Revolutionary War), defined by it (the Civil War), and changed profoundly by it. The labor, suffrage, and civil rights movements as well as the anti-Vietnam protests all come to mind. Dissent is as American as cherry pie. It is also as Oberlinian as-tofu. Whatever you choose to do it, you owe it to your bosses and your conscience to be intellectually honest.
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