Brookings to Host Leadership Forum with Sen. Joseph Lieberman on Winning the War in Iraq

4/22/2004

From: Brookings Office of Communications, 202-797-6105, or communications@brookings.edu; Web: http://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/20040426.htm

News Advisory:

Brookings will hold a leadership forum on Monday, April 26 featuring Sen. Joseph Lieberman on Winning the War in Iraq: A Strategy for Success on the Battlefront and the Homefront.

WHO: Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.)

WHEN: Monday, April 26, 10-11:30 a.m.

WHERE:

The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

DETAILS:

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and former presidential and vice Presidential candidate, will offer his assessment of the changing nature of the war in Iraq, outline policy proposals for winning it, and challenge political leaders from both parties to strengthen support on the homefront for the war effort.

Following his remarks, Senator Lieberman will participate in a panel discussion on Iraq with three Brookings scholars -- James B. Steinberg, director of Foreign Policy Studies, Kenneth M. Pollack, director of research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, and Michael E. O'Hanlon, a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies-and will take questions from the audience.

The Leadership Forums provide high-level government officials from around the world the opportunity to address members of the Washington policy community and to share their insights and perspectives on world events as well as on issues of particular concern to their countries.

For more information, visit the Brookings website at: http://www.brookings.edu.

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Contact the Brookings Office of Communications, 202/797-6105, or email: communications@brookings.edu; Web: http://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/20040426.htm .