Berlin Wall: The Impact of the Fall 20 Years Later

The German Marshall Fund

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Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Hans-Dietrich Genscher (born March 21, 1927) is a German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).

He was Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1974 to 1982 and, after a two-week pause, from 1982 to 1992, making him Germany's longest serving Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor.

Katty Kay

Katty Kay is the Washington Correspondent for BBC World News America, a news program which goes out each weekday globally on BBC World News and on BBC America in the US.

She reports on American news and politics and spearheaded coverage on the 2008 Presidential Elections.

Robert Kimmitt

President George W. Bush nominated Robert M. Kimmitt to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Treasury on June 29, 2005. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on July 29, 2005, and he was sworn into office on August 16, 2005.

Mr. Kimmitt has had a long public service career, both at home and abroad. He served from 1991 to 1993 as American Ambassador to Germany and was awarded the U.S. Defense Department Distinguished Public Service Award as well as Germany's highest honor, the Order of Merit. Mr. Kimmitt served from 1989 to 1991 as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and for his service during the Gulf Crisis and War, President George H. W. Bush presented Mr. Kimmitt with the Presidential Citizens Medal, the Nation's second highest civilian award.

General Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft was the United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. He also served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Nixon and Ford administrations.

He served as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. General Scowcroft assisted President Barack Obama in choosing his national security team.