Halifax Int'l Security Forum Keynote with Robert M. Gates

Robert M. Gates - Dr. Robert M. Gates was sworn in on December 18, 2006, as the 22nd Secretary of Defense. Before entering his present post, Secretary Gates was the President of Texas AM University, the nation's seventh largest university. Prior to assuming the presidency of Texas AM on August 1, 2002, he served as Interim Dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas AM from 1999 to 2001.Secretary Gates served as Director of Central Intelligence from 1991 until 1993. He is the only career officer in CIA's history to rise from entry-level employee to Director. Secretary Gates served as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from 1986 until 1989 and as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser at the White House from January 20, 1989, until November 6, 1991, for President George H.W. Bush.Craig Kennedy - Craig Kennedy has been president of The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) since 1995. Under Mr. Kennedy's leadership, GMF has focused its activities on bridging U.S.-European differences on foreign policy, economics, immigration and integration, and domestic policy. Toward this effort, he has provided GMF with a strong infrastructure throughout Europe, opening new offices in Paris, Bratislava, Brussels, Belgrade, and Ankara to complement the work being done in Washington and Berlin. Additionally, he has supported several substantial new projects that strengthen the organization's public policy efforts, including Transatlantic Trends, an annual survey of American and European public opinion. Mr. Kennedy began his career in 1980 as a program officer at the Joyce Foundation in Chicago. He became vice president of programs in 1983 and was president from 1986 to 1992. In this role, he built the foundation's environmental activities and launched a program on U.S. immigration policy. Mr. Kennedy left the Joyce Foundation to work for Richard J. Dennis, a Chicago investor and philanthropist. During this same period, he created a consulting firm working with nonprofit and public sector clients.Peter MacKay -

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Halifax Int'l Security Forum Keynote with Robert M. Gates

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