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June 2007 -
August 2007 |
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Measuring Presidential Courage |
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Presidential Historian
Michael Beschloss
Author, Presidential Courage: Brave
Leaders and How they Changed America
June 6
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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
in the World
June 26
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Taiwan U.S. Relations: A Review and Outlook |
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His Excellency Jaushieh Joseph Wu
Representative to the United States,
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office
June 29
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War or Peace? The Middle East at the Crossroads |
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Robert Berger
CBS News Correspondent, Jerusalem
July 19
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Balochistan in the 21st Century |
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His Excellency Owais
Ahmed Ghani
Governor of Balochistan, Pakistan
August 6
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April 2007 -
May 2007 |
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Diplomat of the Year Award
Dinner
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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
April 12
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The Demise of International Reporting |
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Kevin Klose
President,
National Public Radio
April 17
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War Made New |
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Max Boot
Author, War Made New
Technology, Warfare and the Course of
History
April 30
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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
May 15
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China's Internal Fragility and International Risks |
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Susan L. Shirk
Director, Institute on Global Conflict
and Cooperation, UC
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State
Author, China: Fragile Superpower
May 22
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March 2007 |
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The American Economy: Has it
Lost its Way? |
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Steve Forbes
President and CEO,
Forbes, Inc.
March 5
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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 Fantasy
March 6
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An
Ordinary Man |
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Paul Rusesabagina
who inspired the film
Hotel Rwanda
Author, An Ordinary Man
March 12
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Afghanistan: A Campaign Assessment |
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Lt. Gen Karl Eikenberry
Former Commanding General,
Combined Forces Command,
Afghanistan
March 16
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Homeland Security: Sensible Immigration Reform |
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The Honorable
Michael Chertoff
United States Secretary of Homeland
Security
March 22
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January 2007 - February 2007 |
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Japan's Growth Strategy in
the Asia-Pacific Context
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His Excellency
Akira Amari
Minister of
Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
January 5
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Innovation:
Driving America's Economy into the 21st Century |
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The Honorable
Carlos M. Gutierrez
United
States
Secretary of
Commerce
January 10
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International
Finance
in the Post 9/11
World
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The Honorable
John B. Taylor
Former
Undersecretary for International Affairs, Department of the Treasury,
Author, Global
Financial Warriors
January 31
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The Role of Greece in Southeastern Europe
and Beyond |
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His Excellency
Alexandros Mallias
Ambassador of Greece to
the United States
February 2
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Kofi Annan and the Future of the United Nations |
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Stanley Meisler
Author, Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War
Former Foreign Reporter,
Los Angeles Times
February 13
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Rome: The International City |
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His Excellency
Walter Veltroni
Mayor of Rome
February 15
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The Fight Against Radical Islam |
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Political Activist,
Consultant, American Enterprise
Institute,
Author, Infidel
February 22
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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
States
February 23
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The California Debates |
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Representatives from Mexico's PAN, PRD
and PRI parties
February 27
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November 2006 |
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Challenges Facing Israel
and the
World |
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Her Excellency Tzipi Livni
Vice Prime Minister,
Foreign Minister, Israel
November 13
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Resolving the Karabakh Issue |
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His Excellency
Arkady Ghoukassian
of Nagorno
Karabakh
November 16
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watch
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Pursuing Peaceful Development and
Building Harmonious Society |
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His Excellency
Zhou Wenzhong
Ambassador of the People's
Republic of China
to the United States
November 21
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October 2006 |
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U.S. Middle East Ambassador's Panel |
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The Honorable
Francis J. Ricciarone,
Jr.
Ambassador to Egypt
The Honorable
Richard H. Jones
Ambassador to Israel
The Honorable David Hale
Ambassador to Jordan
The Honorable
Richard LeBaron
Ambassador to Kuwait
October 11
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The Age of Hatred:
What Went Wrong With Modernity
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Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow,
Hoover Institution,
Columnist,
Los Angeles
Times,
Author, The War of the
World
October 17
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Piracy and the U.S. Economy |
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Bob Wright
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer,
NBC Universal
October 25
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watch
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Making Tough Choices |
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Carly Fiorina
Former CEO,
Hewlett-Packard
Author, Tough Choices:
A Memoir
October 30
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September 2006 |
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Remembering
9/11 |
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Senior Editors and
Staff of the
Los Angeles Times
Marjorie Miller,
Foreign Editor
Doyle McManus, Washington Bureau Chief
Sue Horton, Deputy California Editor
Scott Kraft, National Editor, Moderator
September 11
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watch
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Consequences of the War on Terror |
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A Discussion with
George Soros
Financier
and philanthropist
Founder and
Chairman, Open Society Institute
September 20
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watch
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Russia and
the United States: Between the Past and the Future |
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His Excellency
Sergei V. Lavrov
Foreign Minister of
the Russian Federation
September 25
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watch
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Why Clean
Energy is Critical in Combating Climate Change: Steps to Accelerate
America's Low Carbon Power Economy |
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Vivienne Cox
Executive Vice President,
Gas, Power and Renewables,
BP
September 27
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watch
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