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VIDEO: Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Lecture  

Where
The Palestine Center
2425 Virginia Ave, NW

Washington, DC  20037
202.338.1290

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When
May 4, 2011   12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Lecture

"Israel-Palestine: The Consequences of the Conflict"

with

Amb. Chas Freeman




Wednesday, 4 May 2011
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
The Palestine Center

Ambassador Chas Freeman discusses the impact of the ongoing conflict on the region and what it means in a revolutionary Arab World.

Amb. Chas Freeman began his government service in 1965, when he entered the United States Foreign Service. After three years in India, he entered a long period of involvement with China, serving in Taiwan and as the principal American interpreter during President Nixon’s historic 1972 visit to Beijing. From 1979 to 1981, he directed Chinese Affairs at the Department of State. He served as Chargé and Deputy Chief of Mission at the American embassy in Beijing (1981–84). After similarly heading up the U.S. embassy in Bangkok (1984–86), Amb. Freeman returned to Washington as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1986 to 1989. He became U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1989, serving in that capacity through the Gulf War and leading an effort that more than doubled non-military exports to the Kingdom as he managed the largest diplomatic mission in the world under crisis conditions. His last government position before he took up his current corporate and other responsibilities, was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1993–94), responsible for managing the defense relations of the United States with all regions of the world except the former Soviet Union. In 2009, Ambassador Freeman was nominated by President Obama to chair the National Intelligence Council but Freeman eventually withdrew from consideration after backlash to his nomination from pro-Israel interest groups.