But at the same time, I think we recognize we can't impose democracy from without, particularly American-style democracy. We need to work with those elements in the region that are moving towards a reformed process and there are a number of them.

During that time Carlucci was the second secretary at the US embassy in the Congo and covertly a CIA agent. Carlucci showed him the ropes. [citation needed] He is also a member of the Honorary Board of the Drug Policy Alliance a group which advocates drug legalization.

Prior to that Carlucci served in a variety of senior-level governmental positions including Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in the Richard Nixon administration Deputy Director of the CIA in the Jimmy Carter administration and Deputy Secretary of Defense and National Security Adviser in the Reagan administration.