Loftis on BU News Service on Flynn’s Resignation

Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn speaks at the Defense Intelligence Agency change of directorship at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, July 24, 2012. Army Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess Jr. turned over directorship of DIA to LtGen Flynn after serving in the position since 2009.  DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo (Released)

Amb. Robert Loftis, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed on the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn amid controversy about his contact with a Russian diplomat. 

Loftis was interviewed for a February 14, 2017 segment by BU News Service entitled “VOICE: Q&A with Professor Robert G. Loftis on Flynn Resignation.

You can listen to the entire interview below:



Robert G. Loftis served in the State Department and Foreign Service from 1980 to 2012, where he held a wide variety of assignments, including Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (2010-2012), Special Representative for Avian and Pandemic Influenza (2009), Senior Adviser for Security Negotiations and Agreements (2004-2007), Ambassador to Lesotho (2001-2004) and Deputy Chief of Mission in Mozambique (1999-2001).  You can read more about him
here.