19th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

"Arab-US Relations Going Where?"

The 19th Annual Arab-U.S. Policy Makers Conference will be hosted this year in Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Washington DC from October 21 to 22, 2010.

Registration form required and is available at, www.ncusar.org/programs/19AUSPC-registration-form.pdf

Confirmed Featured Speakers Include

Lieutenant General John R. Allen

Lieutenant General John R. Allen is Deputy Commander of United States Central Command, a position he has held since July 2008. From 2006-2008, Lieutenant General Allen served as Deputy Commanding General, II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), and Commanding General, 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, deploying to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving as the Deputy Commanding General of Multinational Force - West and II MEF (Forward) in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Lieutenant General Allen was the first Marine Corps officer inducted as a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the first Marine Corps officer to serve as the Commandant of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy.

HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Sa'ud

His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Sa'ud served as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States from September 13, 2005 until February 12, 2007. From 1977 to 2001, he served as the Director General of the General Intelligence Directorate, the Kingdom's main foreign intelligence service. Prince Turki is one of the founders of the King Faisal Foundation and is the Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. Prince Turki serves as a member of the Boards of Trustees of the International Crisis Group and the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies.

H.E. Samir Sumaida'ie

H.E. Samir Sumaida'ie was appointed Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in July 2004. In April 2006, he moved to Washington DC to serve as Iraq's first ambassador to the United States of America in sixteen years. Ambassador Sumaida'ie has led a distinguished career in politics. In 2004 he served as Minister of Interior in Baghdad where he managed a domestic security force of over 120,000 and in 2003 he became a member of the Governing Council in Iraq where he was Chairman of the Media Committee and played a central role in founding Iraqi Telecoms and Media Commission and the Public Broadcasting Institution.

Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker

Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker is the Immediate past United States Ambassador to Iraq, and Dean and Executive Professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, where he also holds the Edward and Howard Kruse Endowed Chair. Mr. Crocker joined the Foreign Service in 1971 and served in Iran, Qatar, Iraq, and Egypt as well as Washington, D.C. He was named Career Ambassador in 2004 and retired from the Foreign Service in 2009, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush for his valor, professionalism, and "masterful diplomacy."

Dr. Kathleen Hicks

Dr. Kathleen Hicks was appointed as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces in February, 2009. Dr. Hicks is responsible for advising the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Secretary of Defense on all matters pertaining to the development of U.S. national security and defense strategy. She oversees the strategic guidance development, review, and assessment for military contingency plans and the plans for the day-to-day military activities of Combatant Commanders.

H.E. Dr. Hussein Hassouna

H.E. Dr. Hussein Hassouna is Ambassador of the League of Arab States to the United States. In 2006 he was elected a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission, the principal arm of the United Nations tasked with codifying international law. During his distinguished diplomatic career, Ambassador Hassouna has served as Ambassador of the League of Arab States to the United Nations (1997 to 2002); Assistant Foreign Minister of Egypt for International Legal Affairs and Treaties (1996 to 1997); and Ambassador of Egypt to Morocco (1992-1996) and to Yugoslavia (1989-1992).

Ambassador Chas. W. Freeman, Jr.

Ambassador Chas. W. Freeman, Jr. is President Emeritus of the Middle East Policy Council. He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and served as United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Ambassador Freeman is Chairman of the Board of Projects International, Inc., a Washington, DC-based business development firm. His new book, America's Misadventures in the Middle East, will be released in October.