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The American Prospect magazine, the Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation Announce the Dates for the “New American Strategies for Security and Peace” Conference

General Wesley Clark, Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Senator Chuck Hagel will be among the featured speakers at a conference on new directions for U.S. national security. Robert Kuttner, John Podesta and Richard C. Leone are serving as co-chairs of the event, sponsored by The American Prospec magazinet, the Center for American Progress, and The Century Foundation.

This conference represents a coming together of experts and practitioners who share grave concerns about the wisdom of the current course of America's foreign policy. Panels will address how the current approach is making America and the world less secure, and will propose alternative ways for the U.S. to defeat international terrorism, restore America to respected international leadership, fortify homeland security, stem proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, create the right balance of military and diplomatic efforts, and repair the damage to U.S. alliances with friendly nations and the international community.

DATE: Tuesday, October 28, 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 29, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
VENUE: Marriott Wardman Park
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
PRESS: This event is open to the media. Please register in advance with one of the press contacts listed below. A press room with internet capability and interview space will be available at the event.
  October 28 - Registration outside Salon I
October 29 - Registration outside Cotillion Ballroom
CONTACT: Anna Soellner, Center for American Progress
asoellner@amprog.org
Tel. (202) 682-1611 ext. 131 / Fax (202) 682-1867

Alison Leff, The American Prospect
aleff@prospect.org
Tel. (202) 776-0730 Ext. 114 / Fax (202) 776-0740

Christy DeBoe Hicks, The Century Foundation
hicks@tcf.org
Tel. (212) 452-7723 / Fax (212) 535-7534

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