Past Events
The National Security Roundtable
cordially invites its MEMBERS to a Private Dinner Briefing
with
Ambassador John R. Bolton
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Restaurant Primavera
[Downstairs in the Private "Wine Cellar" room]
1578 First Avenue
New York, NY
ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR
Distinguished diplomat and a lawyer, Ambassador John R. Bolton has spent many years in public service. As a veteran of three Republican administrations and a nominee for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Ambassador Bolton currently serves as U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Ambassador Bolton has served as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control & International Security (June 2001 - May 2005); Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs at the Department of State (1989-1993); Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice (1985-1989); Assistant Administrator for Program and Policy Coordination at the U.S. Agency for International Development (1982-1983); and General Counsel at the U.S. Agency for International Development (1981-1982). Prior to entering public service, he worked as a lawyer and partner at the law firm of Covington & Burling in Washington, DC.
Ambassador Bolton graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude from Yale College (1970) and received his J.D. from Yale Law School (1974), where he was editor of the Yale Law Journal.
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"Mr. Netanyahu is one of the most media-savvy politicians on the planet. On Friday he appeared live via video link on 'Real Time with Bill Maher,' taking the host’s alternately sardonic and serious line of questioning with gazelle-like alacrity."
~ Anthony Grant, jourrnalist who has written for many major newspapers and worked in television at Paris and Tel Aviv, interviewing former PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, at the outset of Mr. Netanyahu's new book (more here).
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