Ambassador Fred Hof on "Challenges Facing the US in the Middle East Today"

Purple Heart recipient Ambassador Frederic Hof is a career U.S. Army officer with 20 years of service, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel. A Vietnam veteran, he served as a military attaché during the civil war in Lebanon, and is a Purple Heart recipient. He spent most of military career spent as a Middle East Foreign Area Officer, serving in the region and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. Working for the Obama administration, he came tantalizingly close to brokering a land for peace deal between Israel and Syria. In this lecture, he relates many of his experiences working for the US in the Middle East. It is entertaining as well as informative!