Eugene Bird

Eugene Bird is President of the Council for the National Interest (CNI) "and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organization. He is the former Counselor of Embassy in Saudi Arabia and has served in Jerusalem and in several other Middle East posts. He has followed the peace process from Washington and in the field since 1993. He was at the Camp David talks as a reporter, and at the Wye River talks between Israel, the Palestinian leadership and President Clinton. He is knowledgeable about the politics and leadership of Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt, where he is well known as a journalist and the leader of CNI."

"Bird served for 23 years as a U.S. Foreign Service officer, including as councilor of the U.S. embassy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He was embassy warden of the U.S. embassy in Cairo."

"Eugene Bird, husband of Jerri Bird and head of former U.S. congressman Paul Findley's Council for the National Interest (CNI), says that the torture of detainees in Israeli jails continues today despite that legislation."


 * President, Council for the National Interest Foundation