Events

Between June 17-21, 2006, a ten-person American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) delegation led by General Richard B. Myers, USAF (Ret.), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. armed forces visited China. Delegation members included former Undersecretary of Defense Dov Zakheim; Gen. Wayne Downing, former Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command; former NSC Arms Control Director Sven Kraemer, and other national security experts. The trip marked the 24th such exchange of views facilitated by AFPC over the past 12 years.

In early April, AFPC President Herman Pirchner, Jr. and Pentagon Defense Science Board Chairman (And AFPC Advisory Board member)) William Schneider, Jr., traveled to India for a meetings with top officials in New Delhi.

In late February 2006, Valentina Matvienko, Governor of the St. Petersburg oblast, visited Washington, D.C. to discuss matters of cooperation between the Russian and American governments.

On February 1, 2006, AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services on the topic of "Confronting A Nuclear Iran." Below is his written statement.

AFPC kicked off the summer by hosting a five-member Chinese delegation headed by CPC International Department Vice Minister Mr. Zhang Zhijun and Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAFIU) Senior Research Fellow Liao Dong.