The Alaska World Affairs Council Presents

Steve Solarz
Former United States Congressional Representative from New York

"The United States and Turkey: Engagement or Estrangement?"

Friday, 12th February 2010 – Hilton Hotel
Doors open at 11:30 a.m. - Program begins at 12:00 p.m.
For Reservations
RSVP by Wednesday, 10th February to the Alaska World Affairs Council
by telephone 276-8038 or by email to AlaskaWorldAffairs.org .
Lunch Program $20 for Members - $25 for Non-Members - $6 for Coffee Only

Steve Solarz was elected to the first of nine terms in the U.S. Congress in 1974. During his nine terms in the House of Representatives he became a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee where he served as both the Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Africa and the Sub-Committee on Asia and Pacific Affairs. He also was a member of the Intelligence Committee, the Budget Committee, the Education and Labor Committee, the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, the Post Office and Civil Service Committee, and the Joint Economic Committee. After leaving Congress in 1993, he helped to found and currently serves as a member of the Board of the International Crisis Group, which has become the leading NGO in the world in the field of conflict prevention and resolution.