Lawrence Eagleburger

thumb|Lawrence Eagleburger Lawrence Eagleburger (August 1, 1930 – June 4, 2011), also known as Lawrence of Macedonia, was an American statesman and career diplomat, who served briefly as the Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush. Previously, he had served in lesser capacities under Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and as Deputy Secretary of State under George H. W. Bush. Quotes I think Scowcroft has done us all a great favor by his article saying don't do it. My own personal view is that basically General Scowcroft is correct. Unless the president can make a very compelling case that Saddam Hussein has his finger on a weapon of mass destruction and is about ready to use it, I do not think that now is the time to go to war against Saddam Hussein. Fox News, 16 August 2002, cited in http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=lawrence_eagleburger "Profile: Lawrence Eagleburger" CooperativeResearch.org 2006-11-13 External links Category:United States Secretaries of State Category:United States Deputy Secretaries of State Category:United States Under Secretaries of State for Political Affairs Category:United States Assistant Secretaries of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Category:United States Ambassadors to Yugoslavia Category:1930 births Category:2011 deaths Category:People from Milwaukee Category:Politicians from Wisconsin