What Is the Role of Diplomacy in the War on Terrorism?

January 24, 2007, Philadelphia, PA

I. Welcoming Remarks

II. Panel Discussion

III. Keynote Address - Rand Beers

Rand Beers spent 35 years as a senior civil servant in the White House and the Department of State after serving as a Marine officer and rifle company commander in Vietnam. His posts at the National Security Council at the White House (1988-98) included Director for Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics, Director for Peace-keeping, and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs. From 1998 to 2003, he was Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, and subsequently served again at the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Combating Terrorism.

Introduced by Hon. Samuel W. Lewis, AAP