Daughters and Sons Event Series

General Meeting

Daughters and Sons Event: The Financial Crisis Explained

Speakers: Erin I. Burnett, Anchor, CNBC
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Chief Mergers and Acquisitions Reporter, Assistant Finance and Business Editor, New York Times
Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
June 2, 2009

General Meeting

Daughters and Sons Event

Speaker: Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, United States Department of Defense
Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
December 17, 2008

Guest Event

Daughters and Sons Event: A Conversation with Richard Engel

Speaker: Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC News; Author, War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq
Presider: Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
June 2, 2008

Richard Engel is the longest serving broadcaster in Iraq and the only American television reporter to cover the country continuously before, during, and after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

Guest Event

Presidential Courage: A Daughters and Sons Event

Speaker: Michael Beschloss, Presidential Historian and Author
Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
December 10, 2007

Guest Event

Annual Daughters and Sons Event: A Conversation with Nicholas D. Kristof

Speaker: Nicholas D. Kristof, Columnist, The New York Times
Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
December 19, 2006

5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Reception
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Meeting

General Meeting

Annual Daughters and Sons Event: A Conversation with Bono

Speaker: Bono, Lead Singer of U2 and Co-Founder of DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa)
Presider: Tom Brokaw, Special Correspondent, NBC News
Introductory Speaker: Peter G. Peterson, Senior Chairman and Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group
December 8, 2005

Members may bring their high school or college-age children to this event.

*Please note that this invitation is absolutely non-transferable and that seating is limited.

General Meeting

Annual Daughters and Sons Event: A Conversation on U.S. Foreign Policy with Senator Hagel

Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Chuck Hagel, Member, United States Senate (R-NE)
June 15, 2005

**Due to a schedule change beyond Senator Hagel's control, we have cancelled the meeting.

General Meeting

Annual Daughters and Sons Event: Outbreak: Viruses and Superbacteria as Tomorrow's Security Threat

Presider: Laura L. Efros, Director of Vaccine Public Policy, Merck and Company, Inc.
Speakers: Anna Shedletsky, Third place winner, Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition
Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations
December 15, 2004

Guest Event

Daughters and Sons Event: The View from Iraq - Perspectives of Young Americans

Presider: Tom Brokaw, Anchor and Managing Editor, NBC Nightly News
Speakers: Captain Miller, Military Fellow, USMC, Wyser-Pratte & Co., Inc.
Catherine Wiesner, International Rescue Committee, Financial Times
Charles Clover, Correspondent, New York University
December 17, 2003

* Members may bring their high school or college-age children and grandchildren to this event.

Guest Event

Daughters and Sons Event: Madeleine Albright

Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Madeleine K. Albright, Principal, The Albright Group LLC; former Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
December 15, 2003

Guest Event

Daughters and Sons Event: Madam Secretary: A Memoir

Presider: Leslie H. Gelb, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Walter Russell Mead, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Max Boot, Olin Senior Fellow, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow and Director, European Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Rachel Bronson, Olin Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
December 18, 2002

Members may bring their high school or college aged children to this event.

Guest Event

Daughters and Sons Event: Ted and Andrea Koppel

Speakers: Ted Koppel, Anchor and Managing Editor, ABC News, 'Nightline'
Andrea Koppel, State Department Correspondent, CNN
December 16, 2002

Members may bring their high school or college aged children to this event.

Guest Event

Daughter and Son Event: How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War

Presider: Tom Brokaw, Anchor and Managing Editor, NBC Nightly News
Speakers: Brian Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the President, RAND Corporation
Michael Doran, Assistant Professor, Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Stephen E. Flynn, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Commander, US Coast Guard
Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International
December 17, 2001

Guest Event

Daughter and Son Event: Twenty-first Century Journalism: Is There a Future?

Presider: Frank W. Sesno, CNN Contributor and former Washington Bureau Chief
Speakers: Christopher M. Schroeder, CEO and Publisher, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
Tucker Carlson, Co-host of Crossfire, ABC News
Tamala Edwards, White House Correspondent, Slate
Jacob Weisberg, Chief Political Correspondent
December 13, 2001

General Meeting

Daughter and Son Event: America’s Leadership and Emerging Crises in the World

Presider: Captain Scott Cooper, USMC; Former International Affairs Fellow in Residence, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Wesley K. Clark, USA (Ret.); Managing Director, Merchant Banking, Stephens Group, Inc.; Distinguished Senior Advisor, CSIS, Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO (1998-2000)
June 4, 2001

Members may bring high school or college age children to this event.

Guest Event

Daughters and Sons Event: Richard Holbrooke, Kati Marton, and Tom Brokaw

Presider: Tom Brokaw, Anchor and Managing Editor, NBC Nightly News, NBC News
Speakers: Richard C. Holbrooke, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Kati Marton, Chair, Board of Directors, Committee to Protect Journalists
December 19, 2000

Members may bring their high school or college-age children to this event.

Guest Event

Daughter and Son Event: America’s International Role in the 21st Century

Presider: Leslie H. Gelb, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Chuck Hagel, Member, U.S. Senate (R-Neb.)
December 18, 2000

Members may bring their high school and college-age children to this event.

Guest Event

Daughter and Son Event: U.S. Foreign Policy and a Presidential Campaign

Presider: Nancy Rubin, U.S. Representative to the U.N. Commission for Human Rights
Speaker: Jesse L. Jackson Sr., President and Founder, Rainbow / PUSH Coalition; President and Secretary of State’s Special Envoy for the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights in Africa
June 28, 2000

Contrary to traditional Council rules, this meeting will be on the record.

Guest Event

Daughter and Son Event: A Meeting with Kofi Annan

Presider: Charlie Rose, Executive Producer and Host, Charlie Rose
Speaker: Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations
December 20, 1999

Members may bring high school or college-age children to this event.

Related Reading:

Foreign Affairs: "Bewitched, bothered and bewildered", by R. Butler. Sept/Oct 1999

Guest Event

Daughter and Son Event: U.S. Intelligence on the Eve of the 21st Century

Presider: Warren B. Rudman, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Chairman, The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Speaker: George J. Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
December 16, 1999

Since 1997, Tenet has served as Director of Central Intelligence, overseeing the activities of the U.S. intelligence community. With the Los Alamos espionage case and hackers breaking into secured websites more frequently, a new focus on cyber warfare and the need for an overall re-evaluation of what our intelligence needs and vulnerabilities will be in the next century has emerged.

General Meeting

Daughter and Son Event: A View from the Mike

Presider: Thomas E. Donilon, Partner, O'Melveny & Meyers
Speaker: Michael D. McCurry, former Assistant to the President and Press Secretary, Clinton Administration
December 16, 1998

*Members may bring high school or college-aged children event.

General Meeting

Daughter and Son Event: Reporting Through the Generations - Have the Rules of the Game Changed?

Presider: Mark Carter, Director, Strategic Planning, CNN
Speakers: Ted Koppel, State Department Correspondent, CNN
Andrea Koppel, State Department Correspondent, CNN
December 7, 1998

*Members may bring high school or college-aged children to this event.

Council on Foreign Relations

Meetings

Daughters and Sons Event: The Financial Crisis Explained

Daughters and Sons Event

Daughters and Sons Event: A Conversation with Richard Engel

Presidential Courage: A Daughters and Sons Event

Annual Daughters and Sons Event: A Conversation with Nicholas D. Kristof

Annual Daughters and Sons Event: A Conversation with Bono

Annual Daughters and Sons Event: A Conversation on U.S. Foreign Policy with Senator Hagel

Annual Daughters and Sons Event: Outbreak: Viruses and Superbacteria as Tomorrow's Security Threat

Daughters and Sons Event: The View from Iraq - Perspectives of Young Americans

Daughters and Sons Event: Madeleine Albright

Daughters and Sons Event: Madam Secretary: A Memoir

Daughters and Sons Event: Ted and Andrea Koppel

Daughter and Son Event: How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War

Daughter and Son Event: Twenty-first Century Journalism: Is There a Future?

Daughter and Son Event: America’s Leadership and Emerging Crises in the World

Daughters and Sons Event: Richard Holbrooke, Kati Marton, and Tom Brokaw

Daughter and Son Event: America’s International Role in the 21st Century

Daughter and Son Event: U.S. Foreign Policy and a Presidential Campaign

Daughter and Son Event: A Meeting with Kofi Annan

Daughter and Son Event: U.S. Intelligence on the Eve of the 21st Century

Daughter and Son Event: A View from the Mike

Daughter and Son Event: Reporting Through the Generations - Have the Rules of the Game Changed?

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