2008 Foreign Policy Symposium: Democracy and America’s Role in the World (Audio)
Listen to experts discuss the role of democracy promotion in U.S. foreign policy as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican...
Speakers: Lorne W. Craner, President, International Republican Institute
Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Vin Weber, CEO, Clark & Weinstock
Ken Wollack, President, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Presider: J. Brian Atwood, Dean, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
September 4, 2008
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Listen to experts discuss the role of democracy promotion in U.S. foreign policy as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican...
Experts discuss the role of democracy promotion in U.S. foreign policy as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National...
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