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William Taft IV

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William Taft IV is a Legal Adviser for the Department of State with 18 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1987 Call-In as a Deputy Secretary for the Department of Defense. The year with the most videos was 1988 with four videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 1999 with an average of 2,816 views per program. Most appearances with Connie Doebele (2). Most common tags: International Law, Department of Defense, Military.

Appearances by Title:c. October 22, 2001 - Present Legal Adviser, Department of State

Videos: 5

Previously

Deputy Secretary, Department of Defense c. June 21, 1988 - c. January 11, 1996 Videos: 12

Recent Appearances

October 20, 2006
The Rules of War

A panel discussed the role of the Geneva Convention in the capture, detention, and prosecution of armed combatants in the War…
March 24, 2005
Geneva Conventions and the Rules of War

Mr. Taft gave the keynote speech at the “The Geneva Conventions and the Rules of War in the Post 9-11 and Iraq World” confere…
April 3, 2004
Use of Preemptive Military Force

Legal scholars at the American Society for International Law talked about the Bush administrations adoption of a preemptive m…
November 13, 2003
U.S. Foreign Policy Interests

Panelists discussed U.S. foreign policy, including unilateralism, multilateralism, and American sovereign interests. Mr. Rost…