Subject: [big campaign] PRESS CALL TODAY: Holbrooke, Korb, Beers to Discuss John McCain's Afghanistan Policy
From: Adam Blickstein <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:44:43 -0400
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PRESS CALL TODAY: Holbrooke, Korb, Beers to Discuss John McCain's Afghanistan Policy

Washington D.C. - National security experts Amb. Richard Holbrooke, Larry Korb, and Rand Beers will hold a conference call TODAY, Wednesday July 16 at 3:30 PM EDT responding to Sen. McCain's recent comments on Afghanistan.  The call will be hosted by both The National Security Network and Center for American Progress Action Fund.

WHAT:       PRESS CALL - McCain Afghanistan Policy
WHEN:       TODAY, Wednesday, July 16 2008 at 3:30 PM EDT
DIAL-IN:     1-800-862-9098
ID:                 7AFGHAN
WHO:          Former Ambassador to the UN Richard Holbrooke, former Assistant Secretary of Defense Larry Korb, and Rand Beers, President of the National Security Network

BIOS

Amb. Richard Holbrooke is the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. and member of the cabinet (1999-2001). He was the chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement (which ended the war in Bosnia), assistant secretary of state for European and Canadian affairs (1994-96), U.S. ambassador to Germany (1993-94), assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs (1977-81), and a member of Averell Harriman's delegation at the 1968-69 Paris Peace talks on Vietnam. He has also served as vice chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, managing director of Lehman Brothers, managing editor of Foreign Policy, and director of the Peace Corps in Morocco. Ambassador Holbrooke has received seven Nobel Peace Prize nominations.

Lawrence J. Korb is a Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress Action Fund. Prior to joining the Center, he was a Senior Fellow and Director of National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. From July 1998 to October 2002, he was Council Vice President, Director of Studies, and holder of the Maurice Greenberg Chair. Dr. Korb served as Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and Logistics) from 1981 through 1985.

Rand Beers is currently the president of the National Security Network. He served as the National Security adviser to the Kerry-Edwards 2004 campaign. Previously he spent 35 years as a senior civil servant. After serving as a Marine officer and rifle company commander in Vietnam, he entered the Foreign Service in 1971 and the Civil Service in 1983. From 1988-98, Mr. Beers served on the National Security Council Staff at the White House as Director for Counter-terrorism and Counter-narcotics, Director for Peacekeeping, and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs. From 1998-2003 he was Assistant Secretary of State for International. Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. In 2002-03 he was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Combating Terrorism. In 2002-03 he was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Combating Terrorism at the National Security Council. Beers earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.A. from the University of Michigan.

Adam Blickstein
Press Secretary
National Security Network
202-289-7113 (office)
617-335-0859 (mobile)
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