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Note: Subsequent to its major event on January 9, 2008 with the Center for U.S. Global Engagement, the Nevada Committee on Foreign Relations (NCFR) agreed to co-sponsor events with the Las Vegas World Affairs Council (LVWAC) pending the merger of the two organizations that occurred on August 1, 2008. The following were those cooperative events that occurred prior to the merger.

3/28 NCFR and LVWAC sponsored a luncheon in honor of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Margarita and His Royal Highness Radu Prince of Romania at the Golden Nugget, where they both spoke on the abandoned children in orphanages in Romania and the institutional projects which they support. The luncheon was followed by an elegant dinner event at the Las Vegas Hilton arranged under the auspices of Lia Roberts, Honorary Consul of Romania in Nevada, who was and is also a member of the Board of Distinguished Advisors of NCFR.

3/27 NCFR and LVWAC also sponsored a workshop at the Rainbow Library in Las Vegas arranged by NCFR Board member Kathleen Close for Results Education Fund founder Sam Daley-Harris inspired by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus to generate the public and political will to end hunger and poverty in the world.

3/7 The first jointly-sponsored NCFR/LVWAC event was held at the home of Dr. Ronald Kline in Henderson, at which the speakers were Colonel Richard L. Klass, USAF (Ret.), who is Executive Director of the Veterans' Alliance for Security and Democracy, and Catherine Thomasson, M.D., who previously served as President of the national Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and is currently the President of the Oregon PSR. The topic of both speakers was "Shaky Past: Uncertain Future: U.S. Foreign Policy towards Iraq and Iran."

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The following events were associated with the
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1/9 TOM RIDGE, former Governor of Pennsylvania and the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2003-2005), was the keynote speaker at "Impact '08 in Nevada: Building a Better Safer World," a project funded by the Gates and Hewlett foundations and created by the Center for U.S. Global Engagement in Washington, D.C., of which NCFR was a partner along with the World Market Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, where the luncheon event was held with 350 people in attendance. Also speaking on global trade issues was William P. Weidner, President/COO of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, and a panel discussion was held with former Nevada Governor and U.S. Senator Richard Bryan, Starbuck Coffee Company Sr. Vice President Sandra Taylor, and Andrea Koppel as moderator. The event was part of the Center's Impact '08 programs in states conducting early Presidential primary elections and caucuses, including (in addition to Nevada) Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. The emphasis directed to all Presidential candidates was on a fully integrated U.S. foreign policy and national security strategy that includes elevating and strengthening development, diplomacy and other non-military tools of global engagement.

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10/19&22 DR. BRUNO TERTRAIS,* Senior Research Fellow, Fondation pour la recherché strategique, of Paris, France, who was formerly a committee director for the NATO Assembly in Brussels and on the Delegation aux Affaires strategiques of the French Defense Ministry, spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on the topic, "Transatlantic Relations - a New Beginning?"

9/7 LT. GEN. JOHN ABIZAID (USA Ret.), Former Commanding General of the U.S. Central Command (covering 27 countries including the Middle East), spoke in Reno at a luncheon at Harrah's Hotel to 200 NCFR members and invited guests on the topic, "The Global War on Terror: What's Next?." An article the following day in the Reno Gazette Journal noted that Gen. Abizaid, who had opposed the military surge in Iraq prior to his retirement in March, stated that the U.S. must work harder on diplomatic, political and economic fronts for the surge to succeed in bringing stability to the Middle East. An Associated Press article appeared the following Sunday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Gen. Abizaid's first public appearance since his retirement was arranged by NCFR member and Board member Ty Cobb, who introduced Gen. Abizaid at the event.

5/29 DR. ELIE D. KRAKOWSKI,* Senior Fellow of The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at John Hopkins University and the American Foreign Policy Council and former Special Assistant to the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense, who was NCFR's first speaker on 3/19/02 in Reno, spoke in Las Vegas on the topic, "Afghanistan: Where to Next in the 'War on Terror'."

4/10-11 JEREMY MARTIN,* Director of the Institute of the Americas' Energy Program, spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on the topic, "Mexico: President Calderone's Early Report Card."

3/14-15 JOSEPH CIRINCIONE*, Senior Vice President for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on the subject of his new book, "Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons" (Columbia University Press).

2/13-14 NANCY LUBIN,* Ph.D., Senior Fellow for Eurasia, American Foreign Policy Council, and President, JNA Associates, Inc. spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on "Central Asia on the Brink: U.S. Policy and Challenges."

1/23-24 DR. INONGE MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA*, Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the U.S., spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on "Human Rights in Africa."

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12/8 MAKOTO YAMANAKA, Consul General of Japan/San Francisco, spoke at UNLV at an event jointly sponsored by the Japan America Society of Nevada, Japan American Citizens League, NCFR and the UNLV School of International Studies.

11/4 NEVADA LT. GOV. LORRAINE HUNT spoke at NCFR's successful fundraising Gala following receipt of NCFR's Governor Mike O'Callaghan Award, and the Nevada Consular Corps was also honored at Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel.

10/19 U.S. SENATOR JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. (D-Del), the ranking member and former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke in Las Vegas on the topic, "Creating a New Course in American Foreign Policy and National Security." FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, who was in the audience, also spoke. The program was co-sponsored by the University Forum Series.

10/11&17 SONJA PROSTRAN,* a Serbian Judge, and Milos Milic*, a Serbian journalist, spoke in Reno and Las Vegas on the subject "Transparency of War Crimes Tribunals in the Former Yugoslavia."

9/20-21 DR. JUAN HERNANDEZ spoke at UNR in Reno and again in Las Vegas at a luncheon at McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant. (See 5/9/06 above.)

9/12-13 NAJMEH BOZORGMEHN,* a London Financial Times Correspondent and a Ford Foundation Visiting Fellow with Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institute, spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on the topic, "Why Iran Cannot Give Up Its Nuclear Ambitions."

6/7 JOSEPH C. WILSON, IV, a retired American diplomat and former Ambassador to Iraq, the Gabonese Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Sao Torne and Principe, who also served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs for the National Security Council, spoke in Las Vegas on the subject of his best-selling book, "The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that led to War and Betrayed my Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir."

5/9 DR. JUAN HERNANDEZ, appointed by Mexican President Vicente Fox as head of the President's office for Mexicans Living Abroad, the only U.S. citizen appointed to a cabinet position, and author of the book "The New American Pioneers: Why are we afraid of Mexican immigrants," spoke at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on U.S. immigration policies and related matters.

4/5&11 PROFESSOR TED ROBERT GURR, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, who is a Harold Lasswell Fellow and was Senior Consultant, State Failure Task Force, 1994-2000, spoke in Reno and Las Vegas on the topic, "World Conflict Trends are Down - But for How Much Longer?"

3/7-8 HON. LLOYD D. GEORGE, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, spoke in Reno and Las Vegas on "The Open World Program and the Establishment of the Rule of Law in the Former Republics" and told of his some 20 years of traveling in Russia and other countries

2/7-8 DR. JOSE OCTAVIO BORDON, Ambassador of Argentina to the U.S., spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on "Political and Economic Outlook for Argentina." The event in Las Vegas was part of the prestigious University Forum Lecture Series at UNLV.

1/10-11 VIRGINIA BODEN,* Representative of the Afghan Friends Network and Liaison Officer between Ghazni, Afghanistan & U.S. Military, who, the Las Vegas Review-Journal said, "helped build schools, teach teachers and improve education for Afghan Girls," spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on "Needed Changes for Success in U.S.-Afghan Policy"

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11/8-9 TED D., MORSE, B.A., M.A., consultant U.S. State Department and the Bagdad Regional Coordinator for the Coalition Provisional Authority, spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on "The Iraq War and Reconstruction Debate"

10/11-12 JOHN BROWN, Ph.D, Research Associate, The Institute for Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University and former 2-year U.S. foreign service officer, spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on "Propaganda and U.S. Foreign Policy"

9/27 ROBERT GALLUCCI, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, spoke in Reno on "Threats to the National Security: Rogue States, Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction"

9/27 ALPHOSE F. LaPORTA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Political Advisor to U.S. Commander-in-Chief, Regional Headquarters of Allied Forces in Southern Europe and currently President of the United States Indonesia Society, spoke in the IDC Headquarters in Henderson on "The Challenge of Stability in Southeast Asia: Religious Extremism and National Security"

5/10 HERBERT K. SCHLEITNER, Ph.D., professional at the School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University, co-sponsored by UNLV Library Dean's Associates, spoke in Las Vegas on "Global Information Networks and Libraries"

4/26-27 MIRA KUSLJIGIC, Ph.D., Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bosnia-Herzegovina to the United Nations in New York, spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on the topic "Update on Southeastern Europe: Open Issues and Consequences," through the good efforts of Senad Hrustanovic, a founding member of NCFR's board of directors and former Deputy Finance Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

4/12-13 MARY LEWELLEN, former Director of the USAID program in Ethiopia, Region Controller for USAID in the Philippines, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa and Bangladesh, and Budget Officer for USAID in Indonesia, spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on the topic "International Assistance and U.S. National Security: Thirty Years in the Making"

2/8-9 HON. RAYMOND E. MABUS, JR., Governor of Mississippi, 1988-1992, and U. S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under President Clinton, spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on "U.S.-Saudi Relations"

1/18-19 HON. JAMES H. BILBRAY, U.S. Representative (D-NV), 1987-1995, who sat on the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committee, spoke in Las Vegas and Reno on the subject, "Ukraine with Yuschenko: Challenges and Opportunities," and related his experiences as a two-election observer for USAIDS in Ukraine this last year.

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11/4&9 TYRUS W. COBB, Ph.D., Executive Director, Northern Nevada Network, of Reno, an NCFR member and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, who was a national security advisor in the Reagan White House, spoke on "Crisis Management: The National Security Agenda of the New Administration," introduced by Reno Mayor Bob Cashell in Reno and Sig Rogich in Las Vegas.

10/12 RAYMOND V. GILMARTIN, Chairman, President and CEO of Merck & Co., who became available through the efforts of NCFR Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Carina Black, spoke at a luncheon in Reno at the Atlantis Casino Resort, underwritten by the Atlantis, the City of Reno, and the Northern Nevada International Center, and also spoke at an evening event in Las Vegas at the Stirling Club, on the topic: "A Role for Corporate America: Partners in Global Health and Development"

9/28 ANDRES BIANCHI, Ambassador of Chile to the United States, former Chairman of the Dresdner Banque Nationale de Paris in Chile, who became available through the efforts of NCFR member Paulina Sparkuhl, who is the Honorary Consul of Chile, spoke in Las Vegas at the Stirling Club on the topic: "Chile & U.S.: Forging a New Partnership Under the Free Trade Agreement"

9/l4-15 THOMAS TAIT, Vice President of Development for Lake Las Vegas Resort and former CEO of the Nevada Commission on Tourism, the first NCFR member and first Board member to address a NCFR event, spoke in Las Vegas at the Stirling Club and in Reno at UNR on the topic: "U.S.-Asian Relations: Tourism, Commerce & Politics"

5/11-12 SANDY VOGELGESANG, Ph.D., former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal, a classmate of Larry Struve at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, spoke at an NCFR statewide event at the Stirling Club in Las Vegas and the Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno, co-sponsored by the Women's Research Institute of Nevada, on the subject, "Why Do Women Matter in U.S. Foreign Policy?"

4/15 THOMAS MARKS,* Ph.D., former Oppenheimer Chair of War at the Marine Corps University, spoke in Reno at UNR on the topic: "International Analysis of Conflicts: The Marxist Insurgency in Nepal"

4/13 NIR BOMS,* Senior Project Director at the Legacy-Heritage Fund, formerly a senior fellow at the Council for Democracy and Tolerance and former Vice President and Program Director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, who served at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D. C. as the Academic Liaison, spoke in Las Vegas at the Stirling Club on the topic: "A New Middle East: Obstacles and Opportunities"

3/9-10 ISAAC COHEN, Ph.D., President and CEO of Interway LLC, a Western Hemisphere development company, who for 24 years worked for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, spoke at an NCFR statewide event in Las Vegas at the Stirling Club and in Reno at UNR on the topic: "Making the Case for a Central America Free Trade Agreement"

2/11 BANNING GARRETT, Ph.D.,* Director for Asia Programs of the Atlantic Council of the United States, who was a consultant for 20 years to the U.S. Defense Department, making 29 trips to China since 1981 spoke at a luncheon in Las Vegas and an evening event in Reno on the topic: "China, the United States and the New World Disorder"

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12/10-11 HENRY D. SOKOLSKI,* Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center in Washington, D.C., spoke at a NCFR statewide event in Reno and Las Vegas on the politics of nuclear proliferation

11/12 AMBASSADOR HERMAN COHEN,* former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs spoke on U.S. foreign policy in Africa and related
Matters in Las Vegas

10/8-9 GERALD ROBBINS,* a journalist and scholar, who is an expert on Turkey, spoke in Reno and Las Vegas at another NCFR statewide event on foreign affairs matters involving his expertise including the U.S. Government's lack of knowledge about the political state of affairs in Turkey

9/11 ROBERT STEELE,* former CIA spy and international intelligence reformist, spoke in Las Vegas on "9/11, U.S. Intelligence and the Real World"

9/10 ANNE GWYNNE, Palestinian Statehood Advocate, spoke in Reno on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

6/3 DR. KEN JENSEN,* Executive Director of the American Committees on Foreign Relations (ACFR), with which NCFR is affiliated spoke on video conference on ACFR at the second annual meetings of NCFR's members and board of directors and at a reception at the Clary home

5/20-21 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Town Hall Meeting on the UNR campus in Reno on topics including "An Overview of U.S. Foreign Policy" and "AIDS/HIV: The Next Global Security Threat"

4/3-4 KENTON KEITH,* former U.S. Ambassador to the State of Qatar and U.S. State Department's Special Envoy to Islamabad, Pakistan to set up and direct the coalition information center in Pakistan for Afghanistan, NCFR's third statewide event co-sponsored by the Urban Chamber of Commerce in Las Vegas and by the Northern Nevada International Center at its annual gala in Reno, spoke on the importance of public diplomacy in an increasingly volatile political environment

3/19 AFSHIN MOLAVI,* an Iranian American journalist and writer, spoke on Iraq and Iran at the home of NCFR members Pat and Diane Clary in Las Vegas the night that the United States attacked Iraq with a television crew from KLAS-TV, Channel, 8 present

2/26-27 PROFESSOR JONATHAN ADELMAN of the Graduate school of International Studies at the University of Denver, Colorado, NCFR's second statewide event co-sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, spoke on "Confronting Iraq: A Global Perspective" in Las Vegas and Reno

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11/17 EDWARD MASTERS,* former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, spoke on "the most important country about which Americans know the least" to the International Affairs Club at UNR in Reno

10/9-10 AMBASSADOR EDWARD ABINGTON,* former U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem and Advisor to the Palestinian Authority
LABIB KOBTI, a Lebanese priest primarily serving Arab Roman Catholics in the San Francisco Bay Area -and-
AARON MANNES, former Director of Research for the Middle East Media Research Institute and Author of "Profiles in Terror" NCFR's first forum and first statewide event on the topic, "Establishment of a Palestinian State: A Viable Option?" that was part of the prestigious University Forum Series at UNLV in Las Vegas and co-sponsored by the Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies at UNR in Reno

4/20 NCFR's then Chairman and later President Pat Clary joined veteran newsman Mitch Fox, news manager at Channel 10 in Las Vegas, in a dialogue with a group of visiting broadcasters touring the United States under the U.S. State Department's International Visitors Program

4/19 HUME HORAN,* former U.S. Ambassador to five countries, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea spoke to an audience of over 250 at the annual International Gala of the Northern Nevada International Center in Reno

3/25 ROBERT OAKLEY,* former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan and Special Presidential Envoy to Somalia, spoke to the Consular Corps College's first annual meeting outside Washington, D.C. in Las Vegas

3/19 DR. ELIE KRAKOWSKI,* Senior Fellow of the American Foreign Policy Council and former advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense spoke in Reno to the then newly-formed Friends for Afghan Redevelopment, in which NCFR was invited to provide the speaker and participate

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