2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable on International Relations: Panel Discussion: Enhancing the U.S. Role in the World

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Speakers

Richard C. Holbrooke

Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC; Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Vin Weber

Chair, National Endowment for Democracy

Jessica T. Mathews

President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Richard Haass

President, Council on Foreign Relations

Madeleine K. Albright

Chairman, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; Former U.S. Secretary of State

Timothy E. Wirth

Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation

Geoffrey Garin

President, Peter D. Hart Research Associates

Jim Polsfut

Chairman, 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable

Presider

Tom Brokaw

Special Correspondent, NBC News

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