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Reversing the Failure of
Strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan |
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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 |
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The Honorable
Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico
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The United States' Role in the World |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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July 10,
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The Progress of the
Annapolis Peace Process |

U.S. Embassy
in Israel
Ambassador Jones
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The Honorable Richard H. Jones
United States Ambassador to Israel
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Tuesday,
July 15,
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The Order of the Phoenix
Visits Mars |

JPL
Phoenix lander
Dr. Elachi |
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Dr. Charles Elachi
Director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Vice President, California Institute of Technology
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Thursday,
August 7,
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Democracy, Good Government
and Development - Mexico and Latin America |
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His Excellency Vicente Fox
Former President of Mexico
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Tuesday,
August 19,
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