General Meeting
Elihu Root Lecture with General Myers
Presider: John McWethy, Special Correspondent, ABC NewsSpeaker: Richard B. Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
February 11, 2004
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The Elihu Root Lecture was inaugurated in 1958 to honor a founder of the Council on Foreign Relations who served as its Honorary President from 1921 to 1937. This lecture invites a distinguished American to reflect on his or her professional experience and how it applies to contemporary American foreign policymaking. Past Root lecturers have included Robert McNamara, Jacob Javits, William Fulbright, George Kennan, George Ball, and MacGeorge Bundy, among others.
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