What:
Discussion of Obama administration’s foreign affairs challenges.
When: Where: Who: Contact:
3:30 p.m., Thursday, September 24
Wilkins Room (Room 215) Humphrey Center, 301 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis
Vin Weber, former Congressman from Minnesota Professor Larry Jacobs
Anne Mason, (612) 625‐9436,
[email protected]
Vin Weber Discusses Foreign Affairs Challenges Facing the Obama Administration
Minneapolis, MN (09/21/09) – The Humphrey Institute’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance will host former Minnesota Congressman Vin Weber and Professor Larry Jacobs for a discussion of the challenges facing the Obama administration at 3:30 p.m. on September 24 in the Wilkins Room (215) at the Humphrey Center. The agenda in Washington is dominated by domestic issues – especially, health care and the economy. Despite the focus on domestic issues today, foreign policy and national security issues may take the main stage of debate in the near future. Among the topics that may dominate tomorrow’s headlines are funding for Afghanistan and Iraq, new treaties with Russia, and responses to Iran’s continued development of nuclear weapons capacity. Vin Weber is a senior fellow at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. He also is actively involved in the Humphrey Institute Policy Fellows program. He served in Congress from 1981 to 1993, representing Minnesota’s Second Congressional District. Prior to opening the Washington, D.C., office of Clark & Weinstock in 1994, Weber was president–and co‐ director with Jack Kemp, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Bill Bennett– of Empower America, a public policy advocacy group. He is a trustee of the German Marshall Fund, co‐director of the Aspen Institute’s Domestic Policy Project, member of the Visiting Committee for the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and council member of the National Council for Political Management at George Washington University. In 2001, he was elected chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a private, nonprofit organization designed to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. Weber is a regular commentator on National Public Radio and is often sought as a political analyst for network programs, such as CNN’s Capital Gang. This event is free and open to the public, no advance tickets required. For directions and parking go to: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/about/contact/parking.html To request disability accommodations, please call 612‐625‐2530. ###