Katherine Zimmerman

fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, focusing on counterterrorism

Guest

Katherine Zimmerman is a research fellow at the America Enterprise Institute and the research manager for AEI’s Critical Threats Project, which focuses on the threats from al Qaeda and Iran.

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