The Defense Department's Foreign Language Program

In this episode, we spotlight the Pentagon's "Defense Language and National Security Education Office", which recruits and trains U.S. citizens who can strengthen America's overseas efforts in areas of Defense/Intelligence/Diplomacy by speaking languages other than English.  We'll hear where the priorities are, which universities serve as key partners in producing capable foreign language speakers (hint: they're probably not the colleges you'd imagine), and how the U.S. is trying to address a shortfall of foreign language superstars.

------>  OUR GUEST is Dr. Sam Eisen, Director of Programs at the "Defense Language and National Security Education Office" (DLNSEO). A former assistant professor of Russian Studies at American University, he earned a PhD and Master's degree in Russian language and literature from Stanford University, and bachelor's degree in Russian from Amherst College.


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