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Jeff M. Smith speaks about India to National Security Luncheon on Capitol Hill (Video Link)

July 15, 2010

Jeff M. Smith spoke to the National Security Lunch on Capitol Hill, a policy group co-hosted by the president of the Center for Security Policy, Frank Gaffney, and Ed Corrigan, Executive Director of the Senate Steering Committee. Jeff addressed the U.S.-India relationship under President Obama and India's national security challenges in the 21st century, including Pakistan, China, and a Maoist insurgency. A video of his speech can be viewed through the link below.

Lawrence Haas cited in Business Week

June 8, 2010

Lawrence Haas, senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, called the resolution negotiated with China and Russia a “Pyrrhic victory” for the Obama administration that will do little to achieve its aim of preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

The article can be read here

2010 AFPC Missile Defense Conference Examines “New START,” Obama Priorities

May 25, 2010

On May 20th, the American Foreign Policy Council convened the eighth installment of its Capitol Hill conference series on “Missile Defenses and American Security.” As in previous years, the event brought together leading national security and defense practitioners to examine the current state of the U.S. missile defense system, and ballistic missile threats to the United States. Speakers included: Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC); Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, former director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency; former NASA Associated Deputy Administrator Eric Sterner; former Acting Assistant Defense Secretary Frank Gaffney, and; former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph.