Thursday, November 6, 2014 6:00 pm
On November 4th, America votes. While President Obama will not be on the ballot, all 435 members of the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate will be. The President faces the possibility of a Republican majority in the House and Senate. Ari Shapiro is an NPR international correspondent based in London, award-winning journalist and former White House Correspondent. He will lead the discussion on the results of the U.S. midterm election on the Obama administration’s domestic agenda and its implications on U.S. foreign policy.
We are pleased to invite you for an expert panel discussion with:
- Dr. Ansgar Tietmeyer, Head of Public Affairs, Deutsche Bank (Opening Remarks)
- U.S. Ambassador John Emerson (Welcome)
- Martin Klingst, Senior Political Correspondent, Die Zeit
- The Honorable Glenn Nye, D-VA, 2009-11, U.S. House of Representatives
- Dr. Norbert Röttgen, Member of the Bundestag, Chairman of the Bundestag’s Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Xenia Wickett, Project Director of the U.S. Program and Acting Dean of the Academy for Leadership in International Affairs, Chatham House
Reception will follow the panel discussion.
Please RSVP at [email protected]
Event partners: The German Marshall Fund and Deutsche Bank
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