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Conference Speakers
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Tom Clancy was an obscure Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history and only a letter to the editor and a brief article on the MX missile to his credit. Years before he had been an English major at Baltimore's Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel. His first effort, The Hunt for Red October -- the story of a Russian submarine captain who defects to the United States -- sold briskly as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted onto the New York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it "the perfect yarn" and "non-put-downable." Since then Clancy has established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. |
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Madeleine Albright served as the 64th Secretary of State of the United States. She was the first woman Secretary of State and the highest-ranking woman in the history of the United States government. As Secretary, Dr. Albright reinforced America’s alliances, advocated democracy and human rights, and promoted American trade and business, labor and environmental standards abroad. Serving as a member of the President’s Cabinet and National Security Council for eight years, Dr. Albright was the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1993 to 1997. Dr. Albright is the first Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and the first Distinguished Scholar of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Business School. Dr. Albright is the Chairman of The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and also serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange. |
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Bob Barr President and CEO of Liberty Strategies, LLC, Previously, B ob Barr represented the 7 th District of Georgia in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003, serving as a senior member of the Judiciary Committee. He is also a nationally syndicated radio show host and frequent contributor to CNN and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. |
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Jon Huntsman, Jr. is the current governor of Utah. He has previously serve red a as a White House staff assistant to President Ronald Reagan. Under President George H. W. Bush, he was deputy assistant secretary of commerce for trade development, deputy assistant secretary of commerce for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. |
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Jim Fallows is National Correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and former Editor-in-Chief of U.S. News and World Report. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of the New America Foundation. He has won the National Magazine Award in 2003 for his important Atlantic article, "Iraq: The 51st State," and written extensively on U.S. Policy in the Middle East. |
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Lee Hamilton, is now President of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, is also the well-respected, long-serving former Chairman of the House International Relations Committee and served as Vice-Chair of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, the "9-11 Commission". |
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Rita Hauser is a well-known international lawyer, leading Republican Party stalwart in New York, a board member of the RAND Corporation, and Chair of the International Peace Academy that works closely with the United Nations. |
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Roger W. Cressey is president of Good Harbor Consulting, LLC, providing clients with strategic advice on security issues. Previously, he has served as Chief of Staff to the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board at the White House, as well as, the Director for Transnational Threats on the National Security Council staff. |
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Senator Chuck Hagel, Nebraska’s senior U.S. Senator, is one of the leading voices in the Republican Party. Senator Hagel’s duties include membership on both the Foreign Relations and Intelligence and Rules committees, amongst others. He also serves as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion Subcommittee. |
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Warren Rudman, former Republican Senator from New Hampshire, also served as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, co-chaired with Gary Hart the United States Commission on National Security in the 21st Century, the so-called "Hart-Rudman Commission" which presciently anticipated a major terrorist event on U.S. soil in advance of 9/11. |
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General Wesley Clark (Ret) former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Presidential Candidate. He brings with him over 25 years of military experience, as well as, important and innovative ideas concerning the U.S. war on terrorism and the Middle East. |
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