Colleagues:
I was very disappointed that we had to postpone the panel discussion on Obama’s first year, and I apologize for any discomfort it might have caused you. The problem was that I was looking at a probable significant snowstorm and still had to guarantee the Siena a $1,000 regardless, if we didn’t cancel at that moment. And since we have no formal organization, and certainly not a budget, I had to postpone the event. I did notify everyone who had signed up 24 hours in advance by email, but I do understand that not everyone reads their emails that often.
So here is the schedule we have set up for the Spring (No need to RSVP at this time, except for the Feb 10 event–the flyer and RSVP form for that are attached).
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 9:00 A.M. breakfast at the Siena Hotel
“OBAMA’S FIRST YEAR: AN ASSESSMENT AND PROGNOSIS”
With Carina Black, Chris Wicker, Ty Cobb and Brad Schiller
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, dinner at the Tamarack
Tyrus W. Cobb on “REAGAN AND THE RUSSIANS”
(Flyer and RSVP form attached)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, breakfast at the Gold and Silver, 9:00 AM
Keith Hansen, former National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Programs & Proliferation
“THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS”
Joint NSF/World Affairs Council evening presentation and VIP reception
Wednesday, March 10,The Siena, 6 pm reception and 7 pm presentation
Richard Erb, Former International Monetary Fund and Treasury Department executive
“BANKRUPT WORLD:
THE UNITED STATES IN A VOLATILE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM”
Plus we have talks lined up with Larry Martines on “Violence in Mexico….and the U.S.” (probably later in March); West Point’s Lt. Colonel Ike Wilson on “Counter Terrorism” (April); and MAJ Kevin Key, “The War in Afghanistan from a Special Forces Perspective”. More on these later.
