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Two Decades On: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Thu Sep 9, 2021
Virtual

Date

Thu Sep 9, 2021
8:15am – 1:15pm

Location

Virtual

Contact

    John.Hogan@Aspeninstitute.org

Hosts

  1. Aspen Strategy Group

Join us at 8:15 AM ET for a half-day public discussion to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of 9http://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11.jpg We will examine the last twenty years of U.S. foreign policy and the implications of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, hear reflections on the 9/11 Commission, share policy recommendations for the future, and more.

Speakers include: Co-Founder and Chairman of MOBY Group Saad Mohseni, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, former Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission Philip Zelikow, former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute, Wilson Center President Emerita Jane Harman, former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and North African Affairs Anne Patterson, author of Descent Into Chaos Ahmed Rashid, and more.

Join us at 8:15 AM ET for a half-day public discussion to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of 9http://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11.jpg We will examine the last twenty years of U.S. foreign policy and the implications of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, hear reflections on the 9/11 Commission, share policy recommendations for the future, and more.

Speakers include: Co-Founder and Chairman of MOBY Group Saad Mohseni, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, former Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission Philip Zelikow, former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute, Wilson Center President Emerita Jane Harman, former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and North African Affairs Anne Patterson, author of Descent Into Chaos Ahmed Rashid, and more.

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