Showing posts with label foreign policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foreign policy. Show all posts

Monday, August 27, 2007

Lee Hamilton to Speak At Marian College

The Honorable Lee Hamilton (right) will give his "Thoughts on American Foreign Policy" as part of the Global Studies Speaker Series at Marian College, 3200 Cold Springs Road, Indianapolis. His presentation, at 7 p.m. 26 September in the Indianapolis Civic Theatre on the Marian campus is open to the public at no charge. However, Advance registration is required.

Lee Hamilton represented Indiana’s 9th congressional district from 1965-1999. He served as chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and he chaired the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and numerous other House committees. In 2006, Hamilton was co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, a forward looking, bi-partisan assessment of the situation in Iraq. He served as vice-chair of the 9/11 Commission and co-chair of the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, established to monitor implementation of the Commission’s recommendations.

Hamilton is currently a member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council, and he serves on the advisory boards of several government agencies on national security matters. Lee Hamilton is president and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and director of The Center on Congress at Indiana University.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Foreign Policy for the People

An innovative program that's free and open to the public is planned for 1-2 June in the Old Centrum, 520 East 12th Street, Indianapolis. Registration is required (via email).

"Foreign Policy for the People" will be held 9 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Friday (1 June) and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday (2 June). It's sponsored by Citizens for Global Solutions and Provocate.org.

Discussants are John Clark, senior fellow, Sagamore Institute for Policy Research; Dr. Robert Geroux, assistant professor of political science at Marian College; Tom Glaisyer, Connect US; Dr. Michael Goodhart, professor of political science and women's studies at the University of Pittsburgh; Asma Lateef, director of the Policy and Programs Department at Citizens for Global Solutions, and William Ruger, Fellow, Liberty Fund, Inc.

Check the website item for more information.