The first meeting of the Council’s initiative entitled Campaign 2008 Series, presidential candidate John Edwards addresses council Members in a major foreign policy address.
At this Council event, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich discusses why he thinks the United States needs to make sweeping institutional and strategic reforms in order to meet developing challenges to its economy and national security.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) discusses current foreign policy challenges facing the United States, including the war in Iraq, the situation in Afghanistan, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and how to deal with North Korea.
Senator Joseph Biden reasserts the importance of his plan for decentralizing Iraq, giving Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis their own regions and a stake in a national government.