US National Security: Six Top Issues For the 2012 Election

The Alaska World Affairs Council Presents

US National Security:
Six Top Issues For the 2012 Election &
Fall Leadership Meeting
Annual Membership Meeting

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Sponsored by: Northrop Grumman, Goldman Sachs,
Raytheon, ExxonMobil, El Paso Corporation,
Hutchins Family Foundation

Friday, 2-4th November, 2011
Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC

Click here to view the Conference Agenda
of confirmed speakers to date!

This year’s conference will launch the year long discussion on the Six Top National Security Issues facing the United States in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, which were selected by our council network leadership: US Education: Competing Globally, US Energy Policy, Afghanistan/Pakistan, US Economic Competitiveness, the Middle East, and China

Join the Discussion!
Confirmed Speakers to Date:

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96x127RobinWright

Robin Wright United States Institute of Peace Senior Fellow on the Middle East

98x142PhilipTaubman

PHilip Taubman Consulting Professor Stanford University and former NY Times Reporter on National Security and the 2012 Election

97x126MarkPenn

Mark Penn Worldwide CEO, Burston-Marsteller; Advisor to Sen Clinton, 2008 Presidential Campaign on Election 2012: National Security Does it Matter

96x117SamNunn

Senator Sam Nunn Co-Chairman and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative on National Security and the 2012 Election

98x123JohnNegroponte

Ambassador John D. Negroponte Former Ambassador to Iraq and First Director of National

97x124RonaldNeumann

Ambassador Ronald Neumann Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan on Afghanistan/Pakistan

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97x117BillMcInturff

Bill McInturff Co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies and Lead Pollster for McCain 2008 on Election 2012: National Security Does it Matter

111x144RichardLevin

Richard Levin President, Yale University Keynote Dinner Speaker

97x118GenMichaelHaden

General Michael Hayden Former Director of the CIA, NSA on Afghanistan/Pakistan

99x110StephenHadley

Stephen Hadley Former National Security Advisor on National Security and the 2012 Election

97x120MarcGrossman

Ambassador Marc Grossman US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, for the 1918 Society Breakfast (formerly Chairman’s Circle)

98x98PetrGandalovic

Ambassador Petr Gandalovic Ambassador of the Czech Republic on the Lessons of the Velvet Revolution on the Arab Spring

98x114DougFoshee

Doug Foshee Chairman, President and CEO of El Paso Corporation on the Future of Energy

98x122CharlieCook

Charlie Cook Editor and Publisher of the Cook Political Report on Election 2012: National Security Does it Matter

98x112GloriaBorger

Gloria Borger CNN Chief Political Analyst on Election 2012: National Security Does it Matter