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When: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 7:30 PM Where: Boe Chapel Who: Alumni, Students, Faculty, Public, Staff Contact: Amanda H. Knutson The Political Awareness Committee of the Student Government Association is pleased to present the spring semester speaker. Free and open to the public. Questions or concerns, please call the Office of Student Activities, 507-786-3999.

COMMITTEE: House Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeSUB-COMMITTEE: National Security and Foreign Affairs SubcommitteeNational Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on “Afghanistan and Pakistan: Understanding a Complex Threat Environment.”TIME: 10 a.m.LOCATION: 2154 Rayburn House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-225-5051 PARTICIPANTS: Peter Bergen, senior fellow at New America Foundation and author of “The Osama bin Laden I Know: An […]

Thursday, September 17, 2009, 6:00 PM Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium $23.00 Afghanistan Today Peter Bergen, print and television journalist, an author, and an adjunct professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Years of war and much foreign intervention have had a profound effect on the traditional way of life in Afghanistan. […]

Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, NC at 7:30 pm.  It is free and open to the public. PINEHURST — The Ruth Pauley lecture series celebrates its 23rd season with five presentations considering the topics of Afghanistan, globalization, taxes, and insurance-free health care. There will also be a special guest appearance by our 16th President. The […]

Annual Summer Reading Program: “A Thousand Splendid Suns” Title: “Beyond ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’: Exploring Afghanistan Today” Audience Description: Students, faculty, staff, and community members Website: www.missouri.edu Mizzou Reads Speaker PETER BERGEN! Beyond A Thousand Splendid Suns: Exploring Afghanistan Today Host:  stufftodo.missouri.edu Type:  Education – Lecture Network:  Global Date:  Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Time:  7:30pm […]

MEI’s 62nd Annual Conference November 21   “US Middle East Policy: Pathways to Renewal” Middle East Officials and Dignitaries to Address Conference WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Middle EastInstitute holds its 62nd Annual Conference November 20-21, 2008 at theNational Press Club in Washington, DC. Prominent speakers will analyze thethreats and challenges facing US policy […]

Afghanistan Today: Drugs, Detention, and Counterinsurgency Hosted by The Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law, co-sponsored by The New America Foundation KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR RICHARD C. HOLBROOKE As the U.S. engages in a simmering war as well as in continued attempts at building infrastructure, the conference will consider a wide-ranging […]

Friday, June 8, 2007 12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. (Brown-Bag Lunch) Featured Speakers Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad Afghan Ambassador to the United StatesPeter Bergen Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation Terrorism Analyst, CNN

Understanding the Bin Ladens An Arabian Family in the American Century   The Bin Ladens rose from poverty to privilege; they loyally served the Saudi royal family for generations and became wealthy enough to live and invest in other countries, including the United States. Yet the family struggled to adapt simultaneously to Saudi Arabia’s puritanism […]

Understanding the Bin Ladens An Arabian Family in the American Century Sign up to Attend this New America Event Email: * First Name: * Last Name: * Organization: Phone: Image: Learn More About: Peter Bergen, Steve Coll, Steven Clemons Topics: Books, Foreign Policy E-mail, Print or Share this Event Page:   About These Icons The […]