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NewsConference: Robert Lieber, Author and Georgetown Professor

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June 22, 2012 7:44 pm

NewsConference: Robert Lieber, Author and Georgetown Professor

Robert Lieber, author/editor of 16 books, is a Government and International affairs professor at Georgetown University. His latest book is “Power and Willpower in the American Future”. He argues that American pessimism over its future is being exaggerated.

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NewsConference: Robert Lieber, Author and Georgetown Professor

NewsConference: Robert Lieber, Author and Georgetown Professor

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