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Amy Goodman at the Hofstra University Conference on the George W. Bush Presidency

Hempstead, NY

March 24, 2015 | Tuesday | 2:20 pm

Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus

Student Center,
East Circle,
Hempstead, NY 11550 ( see map )
Hofstra University is pleased to announce that its Conference on the George W. Bush Presidency will take place March 24-26, 2015. Amy Goodman will participate in a plenary forum entitled, “The Bush Doctrine and Combating Terrorism.”

Hofstra has a long and distinguished tradition of hosting conferences on the administrations of all the Presidents of the United States who have served during the University’s lifetime, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt forward. During each conference, Hofstra brings together scholars, policy makers, and journalists for a series of panels and roundtables to discuss a president’s campaign, political leadership, policy agenda, and legacy.

Part I:
Perspectives From Administration Officials

Porter J. Goss
Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 2004-2006
Director, Central Intelligence, 2004-2005
Chairman, U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee,
1997-2004; U.S. Congressman, FL 13th District, 1989-1993;
14th District, 1993-2004

John D. Negroponte
Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates
Brady-Johnson Distinguished Fellow in Grand Strategy and
Senior Lecturer in International Affairs,
Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, 2007-2009
Director of National Intelligence, 2005-2007
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, 2004
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 2001-2004

Part II:
Perspectives From Journalists and Scholars

Carolyn Eisenberg
Professor of History
Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Hofstra University

Amy Goodman
Host and Executive Producer
Democracy Now!

Stephen F. Knott
Professor of National Security Affairs
United States Naval War College

Moderator
Bernard J. Firestone, Dean
Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Professor of Political Science
Hofstra University

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Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 1,400 public television and radio stations worldwide.

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard honored Goodman with the 2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence Lifetime Achievement Award....