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The RAND Corporation is hosting a Capitol Hill event, "U.S. Policy in Afghanistan: Basic Questions, Strategic Choices," on Thursday, Oct. 29 at the Russell Senate Office Building.

Among the featured speakers: Sen. Carl Levin, Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad.

Event Schedule

8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m.	Welcome Remarks
	David Aaron	Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy
	Michael Rich	Executive Vice President, RAND Corporation
8:30 a.m.	Keynote Speaker
	Zbigniew Brzezinski	U.S. National Security Advisor (1977–1981) Chair, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy Advisory Board
9:00 a.m.	Panel on Counterinsurgency
	Fred Kagan	Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
	Arturo Munoz	Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation
	Paul Pillar	Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University
Moderator:	Peter David	Washington Bureau Chief, The Economist
10:00 a.m.	Panel on Counterterrorism
	Brian Michael Jenkins	Senior Advisor, RAND Corporation
	Steve Coll	President, New America Foundation
	Terrence Kelly	Senior Researcher, RAND Corporation
	Michael O'Hanlon	Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
Moderator:	Yochi Dreazen	Military Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
11:00 a.m.	Panel on Containment
	James Dobbins	Director, RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center U.S. Ambassador to the European Community (1991–1993) U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan (2001–2002)
	Christopher Preble	Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute
	Stephen Walt	Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Moderator:	Kevin Sullivan	Deputy Foreign Editor, Washington Post
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
	Introductory Remarks
	Zalmay Khalilzad	U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2007–2009), to Iraq (2005–2007), and to Afghanistan (2003–2005) Member, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy Advisory Board
	Address
	Carl Levin	United States Senator; Chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services
1:00 p.m.	Adjourn

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