November 2011
2011 Celebrating Women Leaders Dinner
November 3, 2011 | Washington, DC
Join us in honoring Senator Dianne Feinstein this Thursday!
Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chair, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, will address WFPG on "Technology, Terrorism, and Intelligence: Economic and Security Challenges in a Globalizing World" at a dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel. New York Times Pentagon Correspondent Elizabeth Bumiller will moderate the program, chaired by WFPG Board Chair Maxine Isaacs.
WFPG's Celebrating Women Leaders Series events highlight prominent women officials and international leaders who shape foreign policy and international decision-making. These benefits attract distinguished leaders, ambassadors, and officials in the US foreign policy community. Previous speakers have included: Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, and Senators Hillary Clinton and Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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Upcoming Events
Author Series Event
Playing with Fire: Pakistan at War with Itself
Author Pamela Constable
November 10, 2011 | New York, NY
Join us to hear Washington Post Foreign Correspondent Pamela Constable's insights on contemporary Pakistan. In her book, Playing with Fire: Pakistan at War with Itself, Constable discusses a country of vast potential mired in its own contradictions, documents the lives of ordinary citizens on all rungs of society—exploring their fears, frustrations, and dreams—and examines the extent to which faith permeates every level of Pakistani society.
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Embassy Series Event
A Conversation on US-Turkish Relations
Ambassador Namik Tan
November 16, 2011 | Washington, DC
WFPG cordially invites you to join us at an Embassy Series event at the historical Residence of the Turkish Embassy, hosted by Ambassador Namik Tan. The conversation on US-Turkish Relations will be moderated by Washington Post Senior National Security Correspondent Karen DeYoung. Prior to this appointment, Ambassador Tan served as Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for bilateral political affairs and public diplomacy, and as Ambassador of Turkey to Israel.
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Embassy Series Event
Brazil's Role in Global Decision-Making and the Economy
Ambassador Mauro Vieira
November 29, 2011 | Washington, DC
Save the date for WFPG's Embassy Series event with Ambassador Mauro Vieira on Brazil's Role in Global Decision-Making and the Economy. Ambassador Vieira was appointed to his current post in January 2010, after serving as Brazil's Ambassador to Argentina and holding several positions at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations, including Chief of Staff to both the Secretary-General and to the Minister of External Relations. Registration coming soon!