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Former U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong and Ambassador to Afghanistan and Israel

Caoilfhionn Gallagher

Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers

Presider

Elliott Abrams

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

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