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Admiral Mike Mullen: Afghanistan/Pakistan: The National Security Challenge
Admiral Michael Mullen (US Navy) is the 17th and current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Mullen previously served as the Navy's 28th chief of Naval operations from 2005 to 2007. He spoke on June 28, 2010 at Paepcke Auditorium.

Daniel Pink: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink, author of several provocative, best-selling books about the changing world of work. His latest is Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which uses 40 years of behavioral science to overturn the conventional wisdom about human motivation and offers a more effective path to high performance. He served as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore from 1995 to 1997 and was an aide to US Labor Secretary Robert Reich.

A Conversation with Vartan Gregorian
Featuring Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation. Born in Tabriz, Iran, of Armenian parents, Dr. Gregorian graduated with honors from Stanford University. He was awarded a Ph.D. in history and humanities from Stanford in 1964. Gregorian is the author of The Road To Home: My Life And Times, Islam: A Mosaic, Not A Monolith, and The Emergence of Modern Afghanistan, 1880-1946.

The Promise: President Obama, Year One
Jonathan Alter is a senior editor at Newsweek, where, since 1991, he has written an acclaimed column on politics, history, media, and society at large. He is also an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News. Alter speaks about his new book, The Promise: President Obama, Year One. His 2006 book, The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, was a national bestseller.

Tuesday, August 3 at 6:30 p.m.
A Conversation with Peter W. Galbraith
Peter W. Galbraith was chosen in March 2009 to be the United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan. However, Galbraith abruptly left the country in mid-September 2009 at the request of UN Special Representative to Afghanistan Kai Eide following a dispute over the handling of the reported fraud in the 2009 Afghan presidential election. Formerly Ambassador to Croatia, Galbraith wrote Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies.