McCloskey Speaker Series with Madeleine Albright

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Partner:: Aspen Institute
Location:: The Aspen Institute
Aspen, CO
Event Date:: 07.29.08
Speakers:: Madeleine K. Albright,; Walter Isaacson
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Summary: Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State, and Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of The Aspen Institute, discusses issues of the day and her new book, Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership.

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Madeleine K. Albright

Madeleine Albright is the first woman to become a United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99-0. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997.

Albright now serves as a Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. In addition to her PhD from Columbia University, she also holds Honorary Doctors of Laws from the University of Washington in 2002, Smith College in 2003, University of Winnipeg in 2005, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007 and Knox College in 2008. Secretary Albright also serves as a Director on the Board of the Council on Foreign Relations

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of Time Magazine.

He is the author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003) and of Kissinger: A Biography (1992) and is the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986). His biography of Albert Einstein - Einstein: His Life and Universe - was released in April 2007.

Isaacson was born on May 20, 1952, in New Orleans. He is a graduate of Harvard College and of Pembroke College of Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

He began his career at the Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item. He joined Time Magazine in 1978 and served as a political correspondent, national editor and editor of new media before becoming the magazine's 14th managing editor in 1996. He became Chairman and CEO of CNN in 2001, and then president and CEO of the Aspen Institute in 2003.

He was appointed after Hurricane Katrina to be the vice-chairman of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. He is on the Board of Directors of United Airlines, Tulane University, the National Constitution Center, and he is chairman of the board of Teach for America.

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01 hr 03 min 30 sec

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01.: Introduction

03 min 28 sec

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02.: Albright's Book, "Memo to the President Elect"

03 min 13 sec

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03.: Five Big Issues Next President Will Face

04 min 28 sec

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04.: Climate Change and Other Transnational Issues

01 min 52 sec

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05.: Should We Have New Organizations?

03 min 47 sec

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06.: Foreign Policy in Clinton and Obama Campaigns

01 min 39 sec

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07.: Middle East, North Korea

03 min 52 sec

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08.: Intelligence and Iran

04 min 26 sec

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09.: Q1: The Five Newspapers Albright Reads

01 min 16 sec

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10.: Q2: Hard Evidence Iran has Aggressive Instincts

06 min 22 sec

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11.: Q3: A One Term President?

03 min 19 sec

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12.: Q4: Saudi Arabia's Role in the Middle East

03 min 14 sec

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13.: Q5: Leading Contenders for Obama's Secretary of State

03 min 21 sec

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14.: Q6: WMDs and How we Got Into This War

03 min 57 sec

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15.: Q7: Secretary of State's Responsibility to Poverty

03 min 40 sec

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16.: Q8: Free Trade

01 min 32 sec

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17.: Q9: Religious Differences and the Peace Process in Middle East

02 min 52 sec

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18.: Q10: Are We Going to be Eclipsed?

03 min 37 sec

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19.: Q11: How do We Increase Non-Partisan Feel in Washington?

03 min 32 sec

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Madeleine Albright: Five Issues Facing the Next President

04 min 31 sec

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Madeleine Albright - Climate Change is Borderless

01 min 52 sec

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Albright on Religious Leaders and Peace in the Mideast

02 min 38 sec

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