Each year the Panetta Institute hosts a highly acclaimed lecture series, bringing national leaders, journalists and policy experts to the Monterey Peninsula. They speak at an evening theater audience and during that afternoon they meet with students from area high schools, colleges and military installations.

The theme for our 2008 Lecture Series is "Global Issues Facing the Next President and the Nation."

This season includes:

• "Economic Challenges at Home and Abroad," featuring former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, and Professor of Economics at Princeton University, Alan Blinder and former Comptroller General, U.S. General Accountability Office, and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, David Walker.

• "The Role of the Military and Intelligence in National Security," with former Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace (USMC-Ret.); former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Armed Forces Southern Command; national security and terrorism analyst, NBC News, General Barry McCaffrey (USA-Ret.); and former Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace (USMC-Ret.); and John Arquilla, Professor of Defense Analysis, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School..

• "The Clash of Politics and Leadership," with senior campaign correspondent, MSNBC, Tucker Carlson; political talk show host, columnist and author, Bill Press; and Governor of New Mexico, 2008 Democratic presidential candidate, and former Ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson.

• "Diplomacy, Preemption or Isolation - What Role for America?" featuring former White House Chief of Staff, Andrew Card. Second speaker to be announced.

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