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FOR THE MOTION
MODERATOR
AGAINST THE MOTION
Liz Cheney
FOR THE MOTION
Liz Cheney
is an attorney and specialist in the areas of U.S. Middle East policy and reform in the Arab world. She served most recently as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (2005-2006). Her responsibilities included designing and managing US Government programs to promote democracy in the Arab world. Cheney served previously as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs (2002-2004), at U.S. AID (1989-1993), and as an attorney in private practice and at the International Finance Corporation.
Dan Senor
FOR THE MOTION
Dan Senor
an expert on Iraq, Israeli-Palestinian relations, and Middle East and Persian Gulf geopolitics, security, and economics, is adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Senor is an analyst for Fox News and a founding partner of Rosemont Capital. From 2003 to 2004, Senor served as a Pentagon and White House advisor based in Doha, Qatar at U.S. Central Command Forward, and later based in Kuwait and Iraq, where he worked for both the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). He was chief spokesman and senior advisor for the Coalition.
John Donvan
MODERATOR
John Donvan
is a correspondent for ABC News Nightline. He has served as ABC White House Correspondent, along with posting in Moscow, London, Jerusalem and Amman.
Amb. Nicholas Burns
AGAINST THE MOTION
Amb. Nicholas Burns
is Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He served in the US Foreign Service for 27 years until his retirement in April 2008. He was Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2005-2008, the nation's highest-ranking career diplomat. He was US Ambassador to NATO from 2001-2005.
Kenneth Pollack
AGAINST THE MOTION
Kenneth Pollack
is an expert on Middle Eastern political-military affairs, with emphasis on Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other areas in the Persian Gulf. He is currently a senior fellow and director of research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East (2008).
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PRE-DEBATE VOTE:
FOR: 34% AGAINST: 33% UNDECIDED: 33%
POST-DEBATE VOTE:
FOR: 35% AGAINST: 59% UNDECIDED: 6%
MODERATOR
John Donvan is a correspondent for ABC News Nightline. He has served over a career of more than two decades in the following capacities for ABC News: chief White House correspondent, chief Moscow correspondent, Amman bureau chief, Jerusalem correspondent and correspondent for the ABC News magazine Turning Point. Donvan’s most recent major assignment was covering the war in Iraq as a unilateral reporter, for which the Chicago Sun Times named him one of the ten war stars.
FOR THE MOTION
Liz Cheney is an attorney and specialist in the areas of U.S. Middle East policy and reform in the Arab world. She served most recently as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (2005-2006). Her responsibilities included designing and managing US Government programs to promote democracy in the Arab world. Cheney served previously as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs (2002-2004), at U.S. AID (1989-1993), and as an attorney in private practice and at the International Finance Corporation.
Daniel Senor an expert on Iraq, Israeli-Palestinian relations, and Middle East and Persian Gulf geopolitics, security, and economics, is adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Senor is an analyst for Fox News and a founding partner of Rosemont Capital. From 2003 to 2004, Senor served as a Pentagon and White House advisor based in Doha, Qatar at U.S. Central Command Forward, and later based in Kuwait and Iraq, where he worked for both the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). He was chief spokesman and senior advisor for the Coalition.
AGAINST THE MOTION
Amb. Nicholas Burns is Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He served in the US Foreign Service for 27 years until his retirement in April 2008. He was Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2005-2008, the nation’s highest-ranking career diplomat. He was US Ambassador to NATO from 2001-2005. He also served at the American Consulate Jerusalem and the American Embassies in Cairo and Nouakchott, Mauritania.
Kenneth M. Pollack is an expert on Middle Eastern political-military affairs, with emphasis on Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other areas in the Persian Gulf. He is currently a senior fellow and director of research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East (2008).
*All Panelists are subject to change without notice
We have moved to a new venue: NYU SKIRBALL CENTER (566 LaGuardia Place) Reception 5:45 - 6:30PM Debate 6:45 - 8:30PM Tickets $45
We have moved to a new venue: NYU SKIRBALL CENTER (566 LaGuardia Place) Reception 5:45 - 6:30PM Debate 6:45 - 8:30PM Tickets $45
The pre-debate reception offers an opportunity to meet other New Yorkers and mingle with the evening's panelists. Enjoy complimentary wine and soft drinks in the Skirball Center lobby from 5:45 - 6:30PM and gain priority access to the auditorium. Doors open at 6:30PM for debate-only ticket holders.
