U.S.-Russia relations, plutonium disposal and DOE controversy, with Brigadier Gen. (Ret.) Peter Zwack

September 19, 2016 by

White House Chronicle, Show #8038
Air Date: Sept. 16, 2016
Run Time: 29:00
Host: Llewellyn King
Guest: Brigadier Gen. (Ret.) Peter Zwack, National Defense University
Topic: U.S.-Russia relations, plutonium disposal and DOE controversy

Peter Zwack is the Senior Russia-Eurasia Research Fellow at the National Defense University’s Institute of National Security Studies. He is a retired U.S. Army Brigadier General and served as the U.S. Defense Attaché in Moscow, Russia from 2012 – 2014.

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