*Media Advisory*
UANI Advisory Board Member Lieutenant General Michael
Barbero to Testify Before Congress on Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal
New
York, NY - United Against
Nuclear Iran (UANI) Advisory Board Member and retired U.S.
Army Lieutenant General Michael Barbero will testify before the
Subcommittee on National Security of the U.S. House Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday, April 5 at 2 PM.
The hearing, "Assessing the Iran Deal," will
examine the effectiveness of the implementation of the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in addition to reviewing Iran's
continued aggression throughout the Middle East.
Lieutenant
General Barbero served as Director of the Joint Improvised Explosive
Device Defeat Organization, where he led the Department of Defense's
efforts to provide combat support to address threats such as
improvised explosive devices (IEDs). He served nearly four years in
Iraq over three tours and has served at all levels of the military
throughout his decorated career, including infantry assignments,
tactical assignments, lieutenant colonel, and lieutenant general.
Lieutenant
General Barbero will be available for interview following the
hearing, and later this week.
"Assessing
the Iran Deal" Hearing Details:
Date:
Wednesday,
April 5, 2017
Time:
2:00pm
Location:
2154 Rayburn HOB
Media:
This event is
open to the press
Invited
witnesses:
- Lieutenant General
Michael Barbero
Lieutenant
General, U.S. Army (Retired)
Advisory
Board Member, United Against Nuclear Iran
President
Institute for Science and International Security
Chief
Executive Officer
Foundation
for Defense of Democracies
Hasib
J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
Council
on Foreign Relations
Senior
Research Associate
Security
Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A full biography
for LTG Barbero can be accessed here.
Media interested
in speaking with Lieutenant General Barbero please contact: press@uani.com.
About
UANI
UANI
is an independent, not-for-profit, non-partisan, advocacy group
founded in 2008 by Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, Ambassador Richard
Holbrooke, former CIA Director Jim Woolsey and Middle East Expert
Ambassador Dennis Ross, that seeks to heighten awareness of the
danger the Iranian regime poses to the world.
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