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On April 28th, 2009, the American Foreign Policy Council convened a Capitol Hill briefing on U.S. policy toward Syria and Lebanon. The event, held under the auspices of the office of Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA-27), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, featured presentations by AFPC’s own Matthew RJ Brodsky; David Schenker of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; United States Institute of Peace scholar Mona Yacoubian, and; Tony Badran of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

On April 10, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman appeared on the Fox News Channel's "America's Newsroom" program to discuss Iran's most recent nuclear advances, and the state of U.S. strategy toward the Islamic Republic.

AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman was cited in an April 3rd story by the Jerusalem Post over differing assessments of the Iranian threat within the Obama administration.

On February 9, 2009, the American Foreign Policy Council convened a Capitol Hill conference on U.S. policy toward Russia. The high-profile event featured presentations by AFPC President Herman Pirchner, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer, former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker, U.S. Army War College Professor Stephen Blank, and AFPC Senior Associate E. Wayne Merry.

On February 4, 2009, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman was the featured guest on the Voice of America's On The Line program, where he discussed the current state of U.S. policy toward Iran, and the likely next steps for the Obama administration in its approach to the Islamic Republic.