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Archives 2007 Jan | Feb | Apr | Jun | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec Dec December 30, 2007Secretary Cohen and former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn called for renewed commitment to our national purpose, spirit, credibility, and competence in a Boston Globe op-ed. Secretary Cohen and Senator Nunn will initiate a series of dialogues to encourage nation-wide discussion of important issues facing America. To read the article please click here. December 20, 2007 Ambassador Marc Grossman authored a reflection for the December 2007 edition of Crossroads: The Macedonian Foreign Policy Journal. In the article, Ambassador Grossman analyzes Turkey's role as a key player in American and European security and defense interests. Download a copy of the journal from the Crossroads website here. November November 13, 2007Secretary Cohen and former Secretary of State Madeline Albright announced they will co-chair a Genocide Prevention Task Force jointly convened by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the American Academy of Diplomacy, and the United States Institute of Peace. Click here to visit the Task Force website. October October 15, 2007Ambassador Marc Grossman co-chaired a commission on "The Embassy of The Future" for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The commission brought together senior members of the diplomatic community to find ways to make the diplomatic pursuit of U.S. interests abroad even more effective than it is today. Download or purchase a copy of the report here.  Top
September September 4, 2007Ambassador Marc Grossman has been appointed a professor/lecturer at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service for the fall term. He will be teaching a Master's-level workshop on the practice of diplomacy. Top
August August 12, 2007Secretary Cohen penned an op-ed for the Washington Post lending insight into what current Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' may be thinking about his new role at the Pentagon. The piece reflects Secretary Cohen's experience leading the Department of Defense, and spans the many facets of running America's defense establishment. You can read Secretary Cohen's article here. August 10, 2007 Ambassador Marc Grossman discussed the prospect of future violence in Kosovo with The American Interest. Read Ambassador Grossman's comments here. Top
June June 27, 2007
Secretary Cohen participated in the U.S-India Business Council's 32nd Anniversary "Global India" Summit
and chaired a strategic roundtable discussion entitled "The U.S.-India Strategic Partnership – Setting our
Bearings: Are We Lost or Are We Found?" American and Indian political and business leaders attended the
Summit, to include Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Minister of Commerce Kamal Nath.
June 25, 2007 General Paul Kern has been named an Adjunct Professor in the University of Southern California's Systems Engineering Department. General Kern will work with the USC Institute for Creative Technology to develop computer-based training simulators for the military over his three-year professorship. June 18, 2007 The Cohen Group announced the opening of their Beijing and Tianjin offices in China. Both offices support The Cohen Group's rapidly growing practice representing multinational corporations doing business in China. The new offices allow us to conduct expanded outreach to assist multinational corporations is pursuing new opportunities in the country as well as Chinese companies pursuing new opportunities worldwide. June 6, 2007 Admiral Loy served as the Master of Ceremonies for the Third Annual Tribute to the United States Coast Guard, sponsored by the Coast Guard Foundation. This event honored the men and women of the Coast Guard who served in World War II. Among other things, the Foundation provides grants to satisfy equipment, training, and education not met through government sources. June 1-3, 2007 
Secretary Cohen and General Ralston attended the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) conference in
Singapore, which was attended by world leaders from 25 nations, and is recognized as a key event for defense and
security diplomacy for the region. The picture to the right was taken with Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan
Yew at the Istana Palace prior to the conference's start.
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April April 28, 2007
Ambassador Grossman participated in the German Marshall Fund of the United States' Brussels Forum. The Forum brought
together leaders from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss the future of the transatlantic relationship. Ambassador
Grossman participated in two panels, one on Turkey and the other (pictured here) on "Europe's East and Russia's West,"
a discussion of the state of new members of NATO and the European Union and the possibilities of continued NATO and EU
expansion.
April 20-24, 2007 
Secretary Cohen recently visited Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Jordan, and Israel, meeting with government and industry leaders at
each stop. While in Abu Dhabi he delivered a speech on behalf of a conference spearheaded by the William S. Cohen
Center for International Policy and Conference at the University of Maine and the Emirates Center for Strategic
Studies and Research on "Globalization in the 21st Century: How Interconnected is the World?" To read coverage of
that speech, please click here. April 19, 2007 General Paul Kern participated on a panel of retired three- and four-star military officers in calling on the Department of Defense to develop a strategy for responding to the potentially catastrophic consequences of global climate change. Commissioned by the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), their report, "National Security and the Threat of Climate Change", includes recommendations for how the Department of Defense can prepare for this challenge. April 11, 2007 
Admiral James Loy testified in front of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs Committee in his capacity as National Co-Chairman of ProtectingAmerica.org.
The hearing was entitled "An
Examination of the Availability and Affordability of Property and Casualty
Insurance in the Gulf Coast and Other Coastal Regions." In his
testimony he argued, "Though we come from all walks of life, we share a common
belief that the current system of destroy – rebuild and hope in the aftermath
of extraordinary natural disasters is fatally flawed." To see his full testimony,
please click here. Top
March March 15, 2007General Joseph Ralston testified in front of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe's hearing "U.S.-Turkish Relations and the Challenges Ahead" in his capacity as U.S. Special Envoy for Countering the PKK. He said, "The continued ability of this terrorist group to operate from Iraqi territory is a threat to regional security and an impediment to improvements in the lives of people on both sides of the border." To read his full testimony, please click here. March 12-19, 2007 Secretary Cohen traveled to China to visit Tianjin and then to Beijing to attend the China Development Forum, which was hosted by the China Development Research Fund. To learn more, please click here to see an article published by China Daily. To see an interview that Secretary Cohen gave to CCTV, please click here. March 12, 2007 
General Joseph Ralston headlined the opening of global law firm
DLA Piper's newest office in Sofia, Bulgaria,
their 63rd worldwide.March 2, 2007 
The Industrial College for the Armed Forces (ICAF) honored Admiral Loy, ICAF Class of 1985, for his laudable
career in public service. ICAF described him as "a beacon and leader in fields consequential to national
readiness and safety," referring in particular to his leadership in both the Coast Guard and the Department
of Homeland Security. Top
February February 9, 2007The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced that TCG Senior Counselor General Paul Kern (U.S. Army, Ret.) was elected to its membership in recognition of his bringing modern digitization technology to bear on military effectiveness, training, and procurement. Founded in 1964, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) provides engineering leadership in service to the nation. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. To learn more about this award, please click here February 3, 2007 Secretary Cohen led a U.S.-India Business Council Delegation to the India Air Show in Bangalore, India. He and co-leader Ambassador Tom Pickering headed a delegation that included several of the leading U.S. defense companies that were attending Aero India 2007, India’s largest air show, at the show as well as in meetings with Indian government and industry leaders. To read more about this delegation, please click here for a Voice of America story, or click here to listen to an interview Secretary Cohen held with Marketplace. To learn more about Aero India 2007 as well as views on the U.S-Indian relationship, please click here for an International Herald Tribune article. February 1, 2007 
The Chairman of the World Affairs Councils of America, Ambassador James R. Jones, awarded Secretary Cohen its Lifetime
Achievement Award. This event was the highlight of the WACA annual conference. Secretary Cohen delivered the keynote
address on the conference’s theme, Bridging the Desert: The Middle East in the Next Decade. Top
January January 30, 2007Admiral James Loy testified before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security regarding the future of homeland security in the next five to ten years. He said, "Today we live in the Information Age and I offer that many of the solutions to the challenges of the post 9/11 security environment will be found at the intersection of today's Information Age and today's public-private partnerships." To read his full testimony, please click here January 25, 2007 Secretary Cohen hosted a press conference to announce the delivery of the Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East's open letter to President Bush. The Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East (CALME) is a non-profit, non partisan internet initiative campaign asking the President to engage in an active and sustained pursuit of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For more information on CALME, please click here. To learn more about the press conference, please click here Top
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