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Arlene Johnson Publisher/Author http://www.truedemocracy.net > >-----Forwarded Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Jul 31, 2006 10:46 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: CFR Release: Michael Gerson, Former Bush Speechwriter, Joins Council >> >>News Release >>COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS >>????????????????????????????????????????????????????? >>58 EAST 68TH STREET NEW YORK NEW YORK 10021 >>Tel 212 434 9888 Fax 212 434 9832 Website www.cfr.org >> >>Michael J. Gerson, Former Top Bush Aide, Joins Council >> >>Contact: Lisa Shields, Communications, 212-434-9888, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>July 31, 2006? Michael J. Gerson, President George W. Bush?s longtime >>speechwriter and adviser, will join the Council on Foreign Relations as >>senior fellow on July 31. He will author a book on the future of >>conservatism, and speak and write on issues such as global health and >>development, religion and foreign policy, and the democracy agenda. >> >>?I am thrilled to welcome Mike to the Council,? said President Richard N. >>Haass. ?It is not just that he is one of the country?s great writers, >>which he most certainly is. It is also that he is one of this country?s >>most important thinkers?someone in a position to have a significant impact >>on the debate about this country?s purpose in the world.? >> >>Gerson was named assistant to the president for policy and strategic >>planning by President Bush in February 2005. He previously had served as >>assistant to the president for speechwriting and policy adviser since July >>2002. He served as deputy assistant to the president and director of >>presidential speechwriting from January 2001 to July 2002. >> >>Prior to joining the administration, Gerson was chief speechwriter and >>senior policy adviser for the Bush for President Campaign. Earlier in his >>career, he was the senior editor covering politics at U.S. News & World >>Report. He was also the speechwriter and policy adviser for Congressman >>Jack Kemp, speechwriter for Senator Bob Dole during the 1996 presidential >>campaign, and policy director for Senator Dan Coats. >> >>Gerson received his bachelor's degree from Wheaton College in Illinois. >> >>**** >> >>Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, >>national membership organization and a nonpartisan center for scholars >>dedicated to producing and disseminating ideas so that individual and >>corporate members, as well as policymakers, journalists, students, and >>interested citizens in the United States and other countries, can better >>understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United >>States and other governments. For more information visit www.cfr.org. >> >> > Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
