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Colonel Kenneth Allard (US Army, ret.)

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Colonel Kenneth Allard (US Army, ret.)

Colonel Ken Allard is a widely known commentator on foreign policy and security issues. For more than a decade, he was a featured military analyst on NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC. That experience provided the backdrop for his most recent book, Warheads: Cable News and the Fog of War. A dynamic speaker, Colonel Allard appears before business and trade groups around the country, speaking on themes ranging from the war on terror to leadership and corporate governance. In 2006, he became an adopted Texan and San Antonian, joining the faculty of UTSA as an executive-in-residence and senior lecturer in management. His other books include Business As War, a hard-hitting look at 21^st century business leadership, Somalia Operations: Lessons Learned, and Command, Control and the Common Defense, winner of the 1991 National Security Book Award. His military career included overseas service as an intelligence officer as well as tours of duty as an assistant professor at West Point, special assistant to the Army Chief of Staff, and Dean of Students at the National War College. He holds a Ph.D. in International Security from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and an MPA from Harvard University. In 1999 his alma mater, Lycoming College, recognized his record of public service with its Outstanding Achievement Award.

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