2008 Annual Luncheon 

September 29, 2008 ~ Washington, DC

Keynote Speaker: Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme

Mistress of Ceremonies: Lara Logan, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for CBS News

Event Chair: Mary Catherine Toker, General Mills

 

 

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2007 Annual Luncheon
December 10, 2007 ~ Washington, DC
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State
Mistress of Ceremonies: Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Event Chair: The Honorable Ann McLaughlin Korologos, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor



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2006 Annual Luncheon
October 16, 2006 ~ Washington, DC
Honoree: H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia
Tribute By: Ambassador Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Mistress of Ceremonies: Renee Poussaint, CEO, National Visionary Leadership Project

 

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2005 Tenth Anniversary Luncheon Celebration
November 4, 2005 ~ Washington, DC
"America’s Dialogue with the World: A Comprehensive Strategy for Public Diplomacy"
Speaker: The Honorable Karen Hughes, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Mistress of Ceremonies: Andrea Koppel, State Department Correspondent, CNN
WFPG Event Chair: Kathy Bushkin
WFPG Board Chair: Maxine Isaacs
WFPG Executive Director: Patricia Ellis



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2004 Congressional Leadership Awards Luncheon

March 31, 2004 ~ Washington, DC
“The Challenges and Responsibilities of American World Leadership”

Speakers: The Honorable Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Moderator: Margaret Warner, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

        

 

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2003 Annual Luncheon
December 2, 2003 ~ Washington, DC
"Iraq Reconstruction: The Challenges for the U.S. and the U.N."
Speakers:   The Honorable Robin Raphael, Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction
  Department of State
  The Honorable Julia Taft, Assistant Administrator and Director
  Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery United Nations Development Program
Mistress of Ceremonies:
  Susan King, Carnegie Corporation of New York



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2002 Annual Luncheon
December 13, 2002 ~ Washington, DC
"Foreign Policy Center-Stage: Voices of Women Journalists"
Speakers:
  Elisabeth Bumiller, The New York Times
  Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post
  Andrea Koppel, CNN
Mistress of Ceremonies:
  Judy Woodruff, CNN



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2001 Annual Luncheon
November 27, 2001 ~ Washington, DC
"Terrorism: New Challenges, New Missions, New Solutions"
Speakers: Maleeha Lodhi, Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States,
  Representative Jane Harman, (D-CA) Ranking Minority Member
  House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security
Mistress of Ceremonies: Cokie Roberts, ABC News



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2000 Annual Event 5th Anniversary Luncheon
November 20, 2000 ~ Washington, DC
Speaker: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright makes major foreign policy address
Mistress of Ceremonies: Maureen Bunyan, WJLA-TV



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