USIP: Passing the Baton (quite the line-up!)

[Rex Brynen]

Quite the line-up from USIP for their full-day "Passing the Baton" conference on 8 January:

The U.S. Institute of Peace is pleased to invite you to participate in
Passing the Baton, a one-day conference examining critical foreign policy challenges and opportunities facing the new administration as it transitions into power....

Confirmed speakers include:

• Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
• National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen
• Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
• Former Secretary of Defense William Perry
• Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen
• Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski

Others invited include:

• World Bank President Robert Zoellick
• Commander of U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus

… and many others.