Amb. Ryan Crocker on the U.S. & Iran

Date: 
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Time: 
7:00 pm
Event Location: 
Newcomb Hall Ballroom

AMBASSADOR RYAN CROCKER: The United States and Iran: 

Where Are We Heading?

Tuesday, February 11          7:00-8:30 p.m.

Location: Newcomb Hall Ballroom ( U.Va. Web Map)

 The Miller Center and the International Relations Organization at U.Va. will co-host a lecture with AMBASSADOR RYAN CROCKER on the interim nuclear deal with Iran, and the prospects for peace with the U.S. and greater stability in the Middle East.

 Ambassador Crocker is the preeminent American diplomat to the Middle East, a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan, and the 2013 James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center. He holds the U.S. Foreign Service’s highest rank, serving as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012, ambassador to Iraq from 2007 to 2009, and  ambassador to Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon. In 2009, President George W. Bush awarded Crocker the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.

 A question-and-answer session will follow this lecture. 

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 RSVPs are not required, but VIP seating is available by request. Email gage@virginia.edu to reserve your front-row seat for this lecture!