Hudson Institute’s Center for Middle East Policy and the
Lebanese Information Center cordially invite you to a
foreign policy discussion on
Keeping Lebanon’s Freedom and Democracy
Alive: Can Iranian and Syrian Schemes be Stopped?
Thursday, January 4, 2006, 2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Hudson Institute
The
Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Room
1015
15th Street, NW
Floor 6th
Washington, DC 20005
The Lebanon war between Israel and Hezballah
last summer resulted in an ambiguous outcome with no
clear military victory.
Now
tensions between the United States and Hezbollah, Syria
and Iran are intensifying. The United States has
charged Hezballah and its’ backers, Syria and Iran, with
seeking to topple the current Lebanese government under
Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. Syria also has been accused
by the U.S. of attempting to impede the establishment
of an international tribunal to try the individuals
involved in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime
Minister Rafik Hariri. As the political situation in
Lebanon has become growingly volatile, Syria's and
Iran’s role in Lebanon and their support of Hezballah
merit greater investigation. Hudson Institute’s Center
for Middle East Policy and the Lebanese Information
Center are pleased to host Congressman Thaddeus McCotter
(R-MI) along with a panel of distinguished experts who
will discuss these and related issues.
Introduction
MEYRAV
WURMSER, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
JOSEPH
GEBEILY, President, Lebanese Information Center
Keynote
Congressman
THADDEUS MCCOTTER, (R-MI) Chairman, Republican House
Policy Committee
Panel Discussion
GENERAL
THOMAS MCINERNEY, President, Business Executives for
National
Security
ADIB
FARHA, Senior Policy Adviser and Spokesman, Lebanese
Information Center
TONY
BADRAN, Research Fellow, the Foundation for the Defense
of Democracy
