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The Demise of International Reporting |
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Kevin Klose
President,
National Public Radio
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Diplomat of the Year Award
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Highlighting the Working Relationship between Turkey
and the U.S. |
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His Excellency
Nabi Sensoy
Ambassador of Turkey
to the United States
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Homeland Security: Sensible Immigration Reform |
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The Honorable
Michael Chertoff
United States Secretary of Homeland
Security
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Afghanistan: A Campaign Assesment |
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Lt. Gen Karl Eikenberry
Former Commanding General,
Combined Forces Command,
Afghanistan
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An
Ordinary Man |
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Paul Rusesabagina
who inspired the film
Hotel Rwanda
Author, An Ordinary Man
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The China Fantasy:
How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression |
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James Mann
Former LA Times
Beijing bureau chief
Author, The China Fantady
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The American Economy: Has it
Lost its Way? |
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Steve Forbes
President and CEO,
Forbes, Inc.
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The U.S.-Pakistan Alliance Against Terror |
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His Excellency
Mahmud Durrani
Ambassador of Pakistan
to the United
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The Fight Against Radical Islam |
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Political Activist,
Consultant, American Enterprise
Institute,
Author, Infidel
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A Call for Winning the Peace |
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His Royal Highness
El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan |
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Thursday,
May 3,
7:30 p.m. dinner
Beverly Hilton Hotel
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War on Cynicism:
Winning Young Minds |
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Her Highness
Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned
First Lady of Qatar |
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Tuesday,
May 15, 2007
7:30 p.m. dinner
Beverly Hilton Hotel
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Guests of members: $61
General admission: $66
Tables of ten: $510 |
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China's Internal Fragility
and International Risks |
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Susan L. Shirk
Director of
the Institute on Global Conflict
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Cooperation, University of California
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Author, China: Fragile Superpower |
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Tuesday,
May 22,
Westin Bonaventure Hotel
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Members: $45
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Tables of ten: $450 |
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Measuring Presidential Courage |
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Michael Beschloss
Presidential historian
Author, Presidential Courage
Excerpt to appear in Newsweek, May 6
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Wednesday,
June 6,
7:30 p.m. dinner and booksigning
Beverly Hills Hotel
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Scheduled interviews with Mr. Beschloss:
5/7 NBC-TV / Today
Show
5/7 NPR / Fresh Air
5/8 PBS-TV / Charlie
Rose
5/9 COMEDY CENTRAL /
Daily Show with Jon Stewart
5/12-13 CSPAN2 Book
TV / After Words
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Restoring America's
Standing in the World |
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The Honorable Dennis Ross
Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished
Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy,
former Director, Policy Planning, U.S. State Department,
Author, Statecraft: How to Restore America's Standing
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Tuesday,
June 26,
7:30 p.m. dinner
and booksigning
The Omni Hotel
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Guests of members: $60
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War or Peace?
The Middle East at the
Crossroads |
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Robert Berger
CBS News Correspondent, Jerusalem
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Thursday,
July 19,
7:30 p.m. dinner
Omni Hotel
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Tables of ten: $500 |
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