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• Peter G. Peterson

  Senior Chairman and Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group

  
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  October 15, 2009, New York

  C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics: The Global Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences

  Speaker:	Alan Greenspan
  Presider:	Peter G. Peterson

  Transcript

  Former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Alan Greenspan outlines the causes of the financial crisis and what the outcomes have been, including large fiscal deficits and new financial reforms.

  See more in United States, Financial Crises

   

   

  September 17, 2008

  The Book "Counselor"

  Speaker:	Theodore C. Sorensen, Attorney and Former Speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy
  Introductory Speaker:	Peter G. Peterson, Chairman-Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations
  Presider:	Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

  Transcript

  A discussion of the book "Counselor"

  See more in United States, Society and Culture

   

   

  October 31, 2006

  A Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton (Audio)

  Speaker:	Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator, New York (D)
  Presider:	Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Senior Chairman and Cofounder, The Blackstone Group

  Audio

  Listen to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York discuss the foreign policy challenges facing the United States.

  See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics

   

   

  October 31, 2006

  A Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton (Video)

  Speaker:	Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator, New York (D)
  Presider:	Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Senior Chairman and Cofounder, The Blackstone Group

  Video

  Watch Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York discuss the foreign policy challenges facing the United States.

  See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics

   

   

  December 1, 2005

  A Conversation with U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]

  Speaker:	Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
  Presider:	Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Senior Chairman and Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group L.P.

  Transcript

  See more in United States, Rule of Law, Terrorism

   

   

  September 15, 2005

  A Conversation with Vicente Fox Quesada (audio)

  Speaker:	Vicente Fox Quesada, President, United Mexican States
  Presider:	Peter G. Peterson, Senior Chairman and Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group; Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations

  Audio

  See more in Mexico, Trade

   

   

  September 15, 2005

  A Conversation with Vicente Fox Quesada [Rush transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]

  Speaker:	Vicente Fox Quesada, President, United Mexican States

  Transcript

  See more in Mexico, NAFTA, Trade

   

   

  April 27, 2004

  The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Relationship Threatened By Misconceptions

  Transcript

  See more in Saudi Arabia

   

   

  April 22, 2004

  Iraq: The Test of a Generation (Audio)

  Speaker:	John McCain, Member, U.S. Senate (R-AZ)
  Presider:	Peter G. Peterson, Senior Chairman and Cofounder, The Blackstone Group

  Audio

  Listen to Senator John McCain (R-AZ) discuss the state of the war in Iraq and how it fits into broader U.S. foreign policy goals.

  See more in Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics

   

   

  April 22, 2004

  Iraq: The Test of a Generation

  Speaker:	John McCain, Member, U.S. Senate, (R-Ariz.)

  Transcript

  See more in Iraq

   

   

  January 26, 2004

  Turkish Foreign Policy for the 21st Century

  Speaker:	Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister, Turkey
  Presider:	Peter G. Peterson, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations

  Transcript

  See more in Turkey

   

   

  May 27, 2003

  A Meeting with Donald H. Rumsfeld (video)

  Speaker:	Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense
  Presider:	Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Chairman, The Blackstone Group

  Video

  See more in Iran, Iraq

   

   

  May 27, 2003

  A Meeting with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld

  Transcript

  See more in Iran, Iraq, National Security and Defense

   

   

  July 30, 2002

  Public Diplomacy: A Strategy for Reform

  Speaker:	Peter G. Peterson, Council on Foreign Relations
  Presider:	Lisa Shields, vice president of communications, Council on Foreign Relations

  Transcript

  See more in Middle East, Public Diplomacy

   

   

  

  March 5, 2002

  Remarks of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the Council on Foreign Relations

  Speakers:	Hosni Mubarak, president, Arab Republic of Egypt Sandy Berger, former national security advisor
  Presider:	Peter G. Peterson, chairman, Council on Foreign Relations

  Transcript

  See more in Middle East, Terrorism

   

   

  January 22, 2002

  Getting Saddam: A Debate

  Speakers:	Leon S. Fuerth, visiting professor, George Washington University Richard N. Perle, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute; chairman, Defense Science Policy Board
  Introductory Speaker:	Peter G. Peterson, chairman, Council on Foreign Relations

  Transcript

  See more in Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics

   

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