THE REPORT
OF THE
SECRETARIES
OF STATE:
BIPARTISAN ADVICE
TO THE NEXT
ADMINISTRATION
Moderated by
Terence Smith
Produced by
THE SOUTHERN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
In cooperation with and hosted by
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW'S DEAN RUSK CENTER
Sec. Henry Kissinger
Served under Presidents Nixon and Ford 1973-1977. Prior to becoming Secretary
of State, Dr. Kissinger served as National Security Advisor under President Nixon
and pioneered the policy of detente with the Soviet Union. As a part of this strategy,
he negotiated the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks, which resulted in the SALT I
Treaty and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Dr. Kissinger was awarded the 1973
Nobel Peace Prize along with Le Due Tho for their work in negotiating the ceasefire
contained in the Paris Peace Accords. 4 t present, Dr. Kissinger is Chairman of
Kissinger Associates, Inc. , an international consulting firm .
Sec. James Baker III
Served under President Bush 1989-1992. Sec. Baker has served in senior
government positions under three Presidents. In 1975, he was Under Secretary of
Commerce for President Ford and was Treasury Secretary to President Reagan from
1985 to 1988. Currently, Sec. Baker is a Senior Partner in the law firm of Baker
Botts. He also serves as Honoran; Chairman for the James A. Baker III Institute for
Public Policy at Rice University and is on the board of the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute. Additionally, Sec. Baker serves with Sec. Christopher on the Natior1al War
Powers Commission.
Sec. Warren Christopher
Served under President Clinton 1993-1997. Sec. Christopher began govern ment
service in the Supreme Court as law clerk to Ju stice William 0 . Douglas in 1949.
From 1967 to 1969, Sec. Christopher served as Deputy Attorney General of the
United States and, from 1977 to 1981 , as Deputy U.S. Secretary of State. Since
1950, in between periods of public service, Sec. Christopher has practiced law with
the firm O'Melveny and Myers. He became the firm 's Senior Partner in 1997. He
is currently Co-chairman of the Pacific Council of International Policy, Co-chair of
the National War Powers Commission, In structor of the UCLA Undergraduate
Honors Program and a member of the Los Angeles Civic Alliance.
Sec. Madeleine Albright
Served under President Clinton 1997-2001 . Dr. Albright was the first female
Secretary of State and became, at that time, the highest ranking woman in the history
of the U.S. government. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Albright served as the U.S.
Permanent Representative to the United Nations and as a member of President
Clinton's Cabir1et. She currently serves on the boards of a wide variety of
organizations and is a Principal of The Albright Group LLC, a global strateg~; fi rm,
and Chair and Principal of Albright Capital Management LLC.
Sec. Colin Powell
Served under President Bush 2001-2005. He also served 35 years in the U.S. Army,
rising to the rank of Four-Star General and serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff from 1989 to 1993. Currently, Gen. Powell is a strategic limited partner at
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, serves on the Board of Directors of Revolution
Health Care and is Founder of the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at City
College of New York. Gen. Powell is also working on raising funds fo r the Martin
Luther King, Jr., Memorial in Washington, D.C., and for the construction of an
edu cation center fo r the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
MODERATOR
Terence Smith
Became media correspondent and senior producer for The NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer in 1998. Prior to that Mr. Smith spent 20 years as a national and foreign
correspondent and editor with The New York Times and 13 years with CBS News.
THE REPORT
OF THE
SECRETARIES OF STATE:
BIPARTISAN ADVICE TO THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION
Presented by
The Southern Center for International Studies
and
The University of Georgia School of Law
in celebration of the
30th Anniversary
of the
Dean Rusk Center
March 27, 2008
Classic Center
Athens, Georgia
CONFERENCE
10:30 AM
Welcome:
Dr. Arnett C. Mace, Jr. , Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Georgia
Ambassador C. Donald Johnson , Director of the
Dean Rusk Center, University of Georgia School of Law
Opening:
Mr. Charles H. Battle, Chairman of the Board,
The Southern Center for International Studies
10:45 AM
Panel Discussion
Moderated by Terence Smith
12:30 PM
Adjourn
A television program edited from the conference will become part
of the Southern Center's Annual Report series.
These programs air nationally over public broadcasting stations.
NETA satellite feed date: Friday, April26, 2008,2100-2200 ET/513.
Sponsors of the conference include:
CIGI - The Centre for International Governance Innovation
Jerome S. Tannenbaum, M.D., Ph.D./DSI Facility Development, LLC
Mark Ginsburg, M.D./Nationwide Laboratory Services
The Dean and Virginia Rusk Fund
The Coca-Cola Company
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Aaron Rents
Global Payments
Holder Construction Foundation
Gay and Erskine Love Foundation, Inc.
The McBurney Corporation
Siemens Energy & Automation
Solusia
Southern Company
The University of Georgia
North Highland Company
Beacham & Company Realtors
We also wish to thank those sponsors whose names were not
available when this program was printed.
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