Fritz W. Ermarth has been the Director of National Security Programs at the Nixon Center since 2002. He is also a part-time senior analyst for the Strategies Group at

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. Ermarth worked for the

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from 1973 until 1998, serving as Chairman of the

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, as National Intelligence Officer for the

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and

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and Director of the Strategic Evaluation Center. He has received both the

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and the

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. Ermarth also served as

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during the Ronald Reagan's presidency, as well as Senior Director of Soviet and European Affairs. Following the 1990s looting of

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, he stated "We have outright criminals at one end, but at the other end we call them statesmen." Kaplan, David (30 August 1999)
When the Russian mob feels the need to wash: Money laundering marks a nation's looting
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.'' Retrieved 10 June 2021. Fritz Ermarth died January 19, 2022.

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