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Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30, 1941) is an American diplomat. He is best known for leading the occupational authority of Iraq following the 2003 invasion by the United States. He served in this capacity from May 11, 2003 until June 28, 2004.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Bremer was educated at New Canaan Country School, and Phillips Andover Academy. Bremer's father was president of the Christian Dior Perfumes Corporation in New York and his mother was a lecturer in art history at the University of Bridgeport.
Bremer graduated from Yale University in 1963 and went on to earn an MBA from Harvard University in 1966. He later continued his education at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, where he earned a Certificate of Political Studies (CEP).
That same year he joined the Foreign Service, which sent him first to Kabul, Afghanistan, as a general services officer. He was assigned to Blantyre, Malawi, as economic and commercial officer from 1968 to 1971.
In this Head to Head special from Washington DC, Mehdi Hasan challenges Paul Bremer, who was appointed by President George W Bush to run the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority in the wake of the Iraq war, on whether his policies led to the rise of ISIL. As the man in charge of the so-called reconstruction effort in post-Saddam Iraq, Bremer ordered the disbanding of the Iraqi army and banned members of the Ba'ath Party from holding public office. These measures, critics say, were directly responsible for Iraq’s descent into chaos. With no panel or audience, we discuss the US track record in Iraq and the region, from the 2003 invasion to the rise of ISIL. We ask him how personally responsible he feels for the birth of ISIL and whether the US should put a significant number of soldiers ...
Paul Bremer talks to Erin Burnett about what he thinks are the options for the U.S. military in Iraq to help stop ISIS. More from CNN at http://www.cnn.com/ To license this and other CNN/HLN content, visit http://imagesource.cnn.com or e-mail cnn.imagesource@turner.com.
Paul Bremer interview, NBC, 12:46, 9/11
Paul Bremer interview, CBC, 9/14, 08:15 ET
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This program first aired on April 27, 2008. In a candid interview with Leon Charney Ambassador L. Paul Bremer talks about all the issues and difficulties he had governing Iraq after the defeat of the Iraqi forces. Even though the interview was done six years ago it is a window into the problems the United States faces with Iraq now. L. Paul Bremer is an American diplomat. He is most notable for leading the occupational authority of Iraq following the 2003 invasion by the United States. He served in this capacity from May 11, 2003 until June 28, 2004, serving as head of state of the internationally recognized government of Iraq. Further Reading: Air Date: 6/29/2014 Original Broadcast Date: 4/27/2008 Like Leon Charney on Facebook! www.facebook.com/LeonCharney Follow @LeonCharney o...
Former US special envoy to Iraq Paul Bremer defended his record following the 2003 invasion, but admitted there were problems with policies "based on the wrong assumption" in an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 on Thursday. Speaking to FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert from Washington DC, Bremer put up a strong -- at times pugnacious -- defence of the US decision to ban the ruling Baath Party and disband the Iraqi Army in the immediate aftermath of the invasion. Critics charge that these two decisions set the stage for the crisis currently gripping Iraq. "Those are two of the prevalent myths," said Bremer dismissively. 06/19/2014 THE INTERVIEW An interview with a French or international personality from the world of economics, politics, culture or diplomacy. All shows: http://www.france24...
Old NBC coverage from September 11th 2001
1. Paul Bremer, US administrator in Iraq, walking in with his aides 2. Wide of interview 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Bremer, US administrator in Iraq: "Whether NATO as an organisation, as the Secretary implied yesterday, can play a stronger role is really something we can see as we go forward. We would welcome all kinds of multinational help here, we've got 33 other countries already on the ground with us on the military side, and I've got citizens from 17 countries working at CPA (Coalition Provisional Authority) but anything we can do to make it a multinational operation ought to be considered and I'm sure these discussions that were kicked off in Brussels the other day will continue in the weeks ahead." 4. Bremer's hands 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Bremer, US administrator in Ir...
APTN 1. US administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, handing documents to chief justice Mahdi al-Mahmood, applause APTN 2. Various of outgoing U.S. governor in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, walking across tarmac with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh 3. Bremer and Saleh shaking hands by plane, then Bremer boards plane POOL NB AUDIO as incoming 4. Senior members of Iraqi Interim Government enter swearing in ceremony 5. Interim Iraqi president, Ghazi al-Yawer (on left) 6. Wide shot 7. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi being sworn in 8. Pan across audience STORYLINE: The U.S.-led coalition transferred sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government on Monday, speeding the move by two days in an apparent bid to surprise insurgents and prevent them from trying to sabotage the step towar...
Head of US occupation of Iraq Paul Bremer announcing capture of Saddam Hussein. From here: http://www.c-span.org/video/?179572-1/saddam-husseins-capture-briefing
The so-called "Mayor of Baghdad" is interrupted by Chris Otten, July 23, 2003. Iraq had a more unionized workforce than here in the United States until Bremer showed up. This guy used American troops to bust Iraqi unions! Twisted.