Friday, November 21, 2008
Senator Jeff Bingaman

Energy Priorities for the Next Congress

Senator Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, spoke at CSIS on energy priorities in the next Congress. Senator Bingaman presented 10 principles for climate change legislation as part of his speech. The principles included focusing on efforts to reduce greenhouse gas, creating a national cap-and-trade program, and creating legislation with minimum carve-outs. The discussion was moderated by David Pumphrey, deputy director and senior fellow in the CSIS Energy and National Security Program. After the speech Senator Bingaman took questions from the audience. Read More | Watch | Listen | Energy

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CSIS Press Briefing: APEC Summit
The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a press briefing on the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference in Lima.
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Secretary of the Navy
CSIS hosted a Statesmen's Forum with the Secretary of the Navy, Donald Winter, to discuss "Private Industry's Roles." Raymond DuBois, a CSIS senior adviser, moderated the discussion.
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Strengthening Aviation Security for the 21st Century
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff spoke at CSIS on changes to aviation security. At the speech he announced an agreement with Ireland on aviation pre-clearance.
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Homeland Security 3.0
CSIS, in partnership with the Heritage Foundation, takes a comprehensive look at the nation’s homeland security enterprise in a study that will provide a blueprint for the next president.
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Ambassador Mark Dybul at CSIS
The CSIS Global Health Policy Center held an address by Ambassador Mark Dybul, U.S. global AIDS coordinator.
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Transitioning Defense Organizational Initiatives
The CSIS International Security Program examined eight years of the Bush administration defense reforms and identified for the incoming administration: (1) successful reforms to maintain; (2) partially successful reforms to improve; (3) and failed experiments to halt.
Read More | ISP

Press Briefing: The World Economic Summit
CSIS hosted a press briefing with a few of its experts on the upcoming World Economic Summit.
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U.S. Secretary of the Air Force visits CSIS
CSIS hosted a Statesmen's Forum with Michael Donley, the U.S. secretary of the air force.
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Closing Guantánamo
How can we expand a position that has been little more than a bumper sticker "Close Guantanamo" and turn it into a blueprint for real policy change? This report outlines an answer to this question.
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U.S.-China Engagement for a Global Century
James Wolfensohn, ninth president of the World Bank Group from 1995 to 2005, discussed "U.S.-China Engagement for a Global Century" at a CSIS event. Listen | Watch | China

The Kurdistan Region and the Future of Iraq
Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, spoke at CSIS on the Kurdistan region and the future of Iraq. President Barzani discussed the roles of Kurds in Iraq, the Status of Forces Agreement between the United States and Iraq, and other pressing issues.
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