Eight years after George W. Bush infamously proclaimed “Mission Accomplished” in the Iraq War, President Obama seems ready to say the same thing in Afganistan. With the death of Osama bin Laden, will history prove the president right? Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent at NBC, moderated a June 2 panel discussion on this question …
Tag Archive: 2011
Jul 08
Chautauqua 2011: Helping the World Helps America
Former deputy secretary of defense John Hamre isn’t a bit happy with Washington, and he’s got a good reason. Even though our politicians profoundly disagree on where we should be heading as a country, they all agree on one thing: We can no longer afford to give aid to foreign countries. We don’t have the …
Jul 07
Chautauqua 2011: What’s New
Chautauqua: It’s a funny name that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Every summer since 1874, the Chautauqua Institution has played host to some of America’s greatest thinkers, from Amelia Earhart to FDR. Attendees flock to the institution’s idyllic lakeside grounds in Western New York State to expand their minds with lectures on the arts, education, religion …
Jun 22
L2 Clinic: The Future of Mobile Marketing
How can you not like mobile? It’s the current sweetheart of the technology industry, even though there are serious technological and business obstacles to overcome before this marketing platform reaches its ultimate potential. Much like the Internet itself, industry leaders see endless opportunity in mobile – the key will be seizing it. With that in …