Presidential Advisors on Homeland Security to Address Conference
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Middle East Institute holds its 61st Annual Conference in Washington DC , October 30, 2007 at the National Press Club.
Frances Fragos Townsend, the President's Advisor on Homeland Security and a counterterrorism expert, will be the luncheon speaker at noon. Richard Clarke , former Presidential Advisor on Homeland Security and author of Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror-What Really Happened, will give the keynote address on October 30 at 9 am . His Excellency, Abdullah Alireza, Minister of State, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and one of King Abdullah's close economic advisors, will deliver closing remarks.
New York Times' London Bureau Chief John Burns will speak about his experiences reporting in Iraq at MEI's 61st Annual Conference Banquet October 29 at 7 pm .
MEI's Annual Conference, "The Middle East in 2010" brings together US, European and Middle East scholars who will tackle the threats and complex challenges facing the region -- from radicalization of Palestinian refugees to post-Iraq jihadism. Participants will look at how to deal with these and other critical issues affecting US relations with the region.
Conference panelists include Richard Cook , UNRWA Director for Lebanon , Benny Morris , Israeli historian and author, Svein Sevje, Norway's Envoy to the Middle East , Tariq Ramadan , Islamic scholar (by video link), Ehsan ul Haq, Pakistan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former ISI Chief, David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist, Philip Gordon , Brookings scholar and author, Michael Ware , CNN Baghdad Correspondent, and many others.
For more information on panels and speakers, please visit http://www.mideasti.org/2007-annual-conference
Media admission to the conference is FREE but seating is limited. Register by email to [email protected]. For non-media, please go to http://www.mideasti.org/2007-annual-conference
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SOURCE Middle East Institute
