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Listen to experts review the findings of the recent report from the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Stimson Center, "A Foreign Affairs...
Speakers: Gordon M. Adams, Professor of International Relations, American University
Thomas D. Boyatt, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Budget Project
Ronald E. Neumann, President, American Academy of Diplomacy
Thomas Pickering, Chairman, Board of Directors, American Academy of Diplomacy
Presider: Richard N. Gardner, Senior Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
January 5, 2009
Background Reading:
A Foreign Affairs Budget for the Future: Fixing the Crisis in Diplomatic Readiness
A Report by the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Stimson Center - October 2008
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