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Statecraft: How to Restore America's Standing in the World
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Program: Intelligent Talk Television #143
Broadcast Date: May. 8, 2008
Former U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross presented a lecture at Drake University on April 30, 2008 titled "Statecraft: How to Restore America's Standing in the World." Ross is a counselor and the Ziegler distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute. He has been active in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process for more than 12 years. He played a major role in both the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. Ross was instrumental in assisting Israelis and Palestinians to reach the 1995 Interim Agreement, successfully brokered the 1997 Hebron accord, facilitated the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty and intensively worked to bring Israel and Syria together.
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