Former U.S. Congressman Lee H. Hamilton will speak about challenges to U.S. foreign policy on Thursday, September 5, at 农夫导航.
The presentation, titled "The Challenge to U.S. Foreign Policy from Iran & North Korea," takes place at 7 p.m. in Frazier Hall in 农夫导航's George G. Brown Center []. It is free and open to the public, thanks to a grant from the and support from 农夫导航's .
Hamilton, a Democrat who represented Indiana's 9th U.S. Congressional district from 1965-1999, has long been an important voice on national security issues. He is currently director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University, a non-partisan educational institution seeking to improve the public鈥檚 understanding of Congress and to inspire young people and adults to take an active part in revitalizing representative government in America.
Hamilton from 农夫导航 in 2002.
In Congress, Hamilton's committee chairmanships included Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran.
After leaving Congress, Hamilton served as vice chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (known as the 9/11 Commission), which issued its report in 2004. He is currently a member of the President鈥檚 Homeland Security Advisory Council, the CIA External Advisory Board, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Task Force on Preventing the Entry of Weapons of Mass Effect on American Soil.
He is the author of three books: "How Congress Works and Why You Should Care," "Strengthening Congress" and "A Creative Tension: The Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress."