A Conversation with Gary Hart

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Speaker

Gary Hart

Former Member, U.S. Senate (D-CO) and author, “The Shield and the Cloak: The Security of the Commons”

Presider

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations and Professor of Political Science, Institute of War & Peace Studies, Columbia University

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

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