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Senator Collins to speak on cybersecurity at World Affairs Council of Maine meeting
PORTLAND, Maine – The World Affairs Council of Maine is pleased to announce that Senator Susan Collins will be the special guest at its annual meeting beginning at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, June 14, at the Portland Country Club, 11 Foreside Road, in Falmouth. The program and dinner begins at 5:30 …
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Libya and American Foreign Policy
Ambassador (retired) Laurence Pope was U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Libya from Oct. 4, 2012 to Jan. 4, 2013, assuming the duties of the late J. Christopher Stevens, the former U.S. Ambassador to Libya, who had died in Benghazi a month earlier. On Wednesday, March 6th at 5:30 pm, Mr. Pope …
Ambassador Rick Barton, featured speaker
FALMOUTH, Maine - The World Affairs Council of Maine is pleased to announce that Ambassador Rick Barton will be the featured speaker at our annual meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Portland Country Club, 11 Foreside Road. Ambassador Barton, a native of Maine, was recently sworn in …
Promoting Democracy Abroad: History and Current Roles in the Context of the Arab Spring with Lorne Craner and Kenneth Wollack
The World Affairs Council of Maine presents Kenneth Wollack, President of the National Democratic Institute, and Lorne Craner, President of the International Republican Institute, speaking in Portland on the history of democracy, the roles of their respective institutes in promoting democracy abroad, and how their organizations have dealt with the …
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