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2010
NINETEENTH ANNUAL SEMINAR
Afghanistan & Pakistan: Adversaries or Allies?
Come to Vail, Colorado in June. The Vail Valley Institute’s 19th Annual Seminar will bring together an all-star cast of experts to help attendees form their own judgments about just what we’ve gotten ourselves into in this dangerous and volatile region, whether victory is possible, and at what cost. Register Early. Space is Limited.
 Peter Bergen
Keynoter – CNN National Security Analyst & One of Only a Few to Interview bin Laden.
This seasoned print and television journalist is not only a regular AfPak commentator on CNN, but also conducted the first Western TV interview with Osama bin Laden in which he declared war against the U.S. back in 1997. Detailed CV.
 Andrew Exum
Military Advisor to General McCrystal & Former Army Ranger Platoon Leader in Afghanistan.
Exum, a fellow with the Center for a New American Security in D.C. recently served as an advisor to Gen. Stanley McCrystal’s spring 2009 CENTCOM Assessment Team that counseled President Obama on how to proceed in Afghanistan. He led platoons in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2004. Detailed CV.
 Gretchen Peters
Journalist & Corruption Expert.
This ABC News & Associated Press reporter has covered Pakistan & Afhganistan for more than a decade and been lauded for her recent book Seeds of Terror: How Drugs, Thugs, and Crime Are Reshaping the Afghan War. Detailed CV.
 Kori Schake
Military & Defense Expert.
This West Point professor and fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution served as a national security advisor to President George W. Bush and a senior foreign policy advisor to Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. She will be joining us as both a seminar facilitator and a featured speaker the following day. Detailed CV.
YO-YO MA IN BRAVO! OPENING CONCERT
 Our seminar will dovetail with reknowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s performance at the opening concert of the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival’s summer season on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 6 p.m.
ABOUT THE SEMINARS
The Vail Valley Institute is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan forum for thought and dialogue located in Vail, Colorado.
Our seminars give a wide spectrum of thoughtful and concerned individuals the opportunity to come together to address some of the most pressing national public policy issues of our time.
Discussions, in the form of Socratic dialogues, are based on current thinking and discourse but are framed within the context of the past, exploring some of the great but now largely overlooked lessons of history, with the goal of formulating solutions for the future.
These discussions are conducted in the format of round-table seminars held in late June at The Lodge at Vail in Vail, Colorado. They are open to the public for a tuition fee, and last from Wednesday evening through Saturday morning. They include in-depth Socratic dialogue among the participants facilitated by professional moderators, as well as presentations by national experts in the topic areas and discussions with these speakers. Curriculum materials are mailed in advance to help prepare all participants for the discussions.
The seminars include lunches, receptions and dinners in comfortable, private settings which engage speakers and participants in informal discussions that further enrich these stimulating experiences.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Peter Abuisi
Vail, CO
Robert W. Craig
Keystone, CO
John L. Furth
White Plains, NY & Scottsdale, AZ
Jeffrey S. Gorsuch
Aspen, CO
Michelle R. Hubbard
New Canaan, CT & Vail, CO
Michael C. Johnston
Denver, CO
Lee P. Klingenstein
Treasurer
Scarsdale, NY & Vail, CO
Patricia D. Klingenstein
Greenwich, CT & Vail, CO
Alan W. Kosloff
Vail, CO & Scottsdale, AZ
Richard D. Lamm
Denver, CO
Walter Loewenstern, Jr.
President
Santa Cruz, CA & Beaver Creek, CO
Jerry Santoro
Eagle, CO
Kathy S. Smith
Eagle, CO & St. Louis, MO
Keith E. Spero
Edwards, CO
Brooks Thomas
Chairman
New York, NY & Vail, CO
Neale Ward
Boulder, CO
Joan E. Wilson
Palo Alto, CA
Melissa L. Decker
Executive Director
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