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Reversing the Failure of Strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Ahmed Rashid

Pakistani journalist and best-selling author,

Author, Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia

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A New Realism

for the Next Administration

The Honorable

Bill Richardson

Governor of New Mexico

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The United States' Role in the World

The Honorable

George Mitchell

Former Senate

Majority Leader,

Former U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland

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Presenting an Alternative to Hezbollah Lebanon

Ahmed El Assaad

Head, Kafa'at Party

of Lebanon,

Chairman, Lebanese Option Gathering

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Ladies of Liberty: Women Who

Shaped our Nation

Cokie Roberts

Contributing Senior

News Analyst,

National Public Radio;

Author, Ladies of Liberty:

The Women Who

Shaped our Nation

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People on the Move in the 21st Century: Refugees and the New Trends of Displacement

His Excellency

António Guterres

UN High Commissioner

for Refugees,

Former Prime Minister

of Portugal

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U.S. Foreign Policy: Where We Go

From Here

The Honorable John McCain

United States Senator

from Arizona,

Candidate for the Republican Party Nomination for President

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Peace Between Arabs and Israelis:

Wanted and Possible

His Excellency Marwan Muasher

Former Deputy Prime Minister, former Foreign Minister, and former Ambassador to the United States for the

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Author The Arab Center

Thursday, July 10,

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The Progress of the

Annapolis Peace Process

U.S. Embassy in Israel

Ambassador Jones

The Honorable Richard H. Jones

United States Ambassador to Israel

Tuesday, July 15,

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The Order of the Phoenix Visits Mars

JPL

Phoenix lander

Dr. Elachi

Dr. Charles Elachi

Director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

Vice President, California Institute of Technology

Thursday, August 7,

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Democracy, Good Government and Development - Mexico and Latin America

His Excellency Vicente Fox

Former President of Mexico

Tuesday, August 19,

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