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Speakers: Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Steve LeVine, Author, The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea; Former Foreign Correspondent, Wall Street Journal
Carter Page, Chief Operating Officer, Energy and Power, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Presider: Mary Boies, Managing Partner, Boies & McInnis LLP
November 13, 2007
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