James Clad

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James Clad served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia Pacific Security Affairs.

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• Biography - Arcanum Global
• "Question of East Timor" Reports, and Other Documents on Indonesia, Aceh, and East Timor Conflict - United Nations (1960-1999)
• After the Crusade: American Foreign Policy for the Post-Superpower Age, Reassessment of U.S. Approach to Foreign Policy - Jonathan Clarke and James Clad (May 9, 1995) 
• Leahy Law, Amendments Prohibit U.S. From Providing Military Support to Groups With Human Rights Violations - Legal Information Institute (1997)
• "Feed North Korea; Don't Play Politics With Hunger", Debate Over Whether Regime Should Be Allowed Assistance During Famine- Andrew Natsios (February 9, 1997)
• "IMF Approves Stand-by Credit for Thailand", IMF Delineates Strategy and Rationale for Thailand Aid - International Money Fund (August 20, 1997)
• Annual Report to Congress on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China - Department of Defense (June 2000)
• "You're either with us or against us", President Bush Promotes International Coalition Against Terrorism - CNN (November 6, 2001)
• Executive Order 13224, President Bush Authorizes Designation and Halting of Assets of Foreign Individuals and Entities That Commit, or Pose a Significant Risk of Committing, Terrorism - Bureau of Counterterrorism at Department of State (September 23, 2002)
• Bali Bombings, Jemaah Islamiyah and al-Qaeda Terrorist Attacks in Indonesia - Associated Press (October 12, 2002)
• Coalition of the Willing, President Bush Urges Other Countries to Join U.S. in Iraq - John King, CNN (November 20, 2002)
• Taguba Report, Internal Military Investigation into Allegations of Torture at Abu Ghraib - U.S. Department of Defense (March 2004)
• Regional Maritime Security Initiative, Report on Increase in Asia-Pacific Terrorism - Thomas Fargo, Homeland Security Digital Library (May 3, 2004)
• "Whither China? From Responsibility to Membership", Deputy Secretary of State Addresses National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR) - Robert Zoellick, NCUSCR (September 21, 2005)
• "A Chilling Portrait, Unsuitable Framed", Reaction to Military Displaying Decapitated Head of Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Philip Kennicott, Washington Post (June 9, 2006)
• The Iraq Study Group Report, Congressional Assessment on State of Iraq War - James Baker and Lee Hamilton (December 6, 2006)
• China Confirms It Destroyed Satellite, Incident That Alarmed International Community - BBC (January 23, 2007)
• Shangri-La Dialogue, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Discusses Security in Asia - USC U.S.-China Institute (June 1, 2007)
• James Clad on a Panel  Discussion, Topics Include Future of U.S. Navy - Hudson Institute (May 22, 2009)
• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Terrorist Group in Sri Lanka - Department of State (July 31, 2012)
• Duty: Memoirs of A Secretary at War, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on His Time Under President Bush During Iraq War- Robert Gates (January 14, 2014)
• Behind the Myth: Business, Money and Power in Southeast Asia, Examination of Southeast Asia's Economic Growth - James Clad (November 8, 2016)
• 20th Anniversary of Asian Financial Crisis, How Clinton, IMF, and Wall Street Toppled Indonesian President Suharto - Steve Hanke, Forbes (July 6, 2017)

James Clad on a Houston Institute Panel (May 22, 2009)