Return To Law
After leaving the Air Force in 2001, Peters returned to the Washington law firm of Williams & Connolly as partner. He also served as vice chairman of the President’s Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry which studied America’s aerospace industry and assessed the future importance of that industry to the nation’s security within the twenty-first century global environment. The commission’s final report was submitted to the President and Congress on November 27, 2002.
Peters also joined several private sector companies as a consultant or member of the board of directors. These firms included DynCorp of Reston, Virginia, where Peters took on the role of special assistant to the chief executive office in April 2001, and Ellipso corporation where he was elected to the board of directors in May 2001.
Peters remains active in politics. During the 2008 Presidential race, Peters endorsed Senator Barack Obama, and is listed among the Senator’s foreign policy advisors.
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