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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30, 2002

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT
Tiffany A. Kirkland (404) 364-8447
tkirkland@facstaff.oglethorpe.edu

DeShawn D. Jenkins
The Southern Center for International Studies
Telephone: (404) 261-5763
Fax: (404) 261-0849
E-mail: deshawn@soucntr.org
www.scis.org

The 14th Annual Report of the U.S. Secretaries of Defense

A program in the George Foster Peabody Award-winning Annual Report series

Produced by the Southern Center for International Studies in cooperation with Oglethorpe University

When: Wednesday, May 1, 2002 at 9:15 a.m.

Where: The Conant Center for the Performing Arts at Oglethorpe University.  4484 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30319

Format: Six former U.S. Secretaries of Defense will convene to discuss 21st century global security threats and the role of the United States in addressing them.

Participants: Secretaries Melvin Laird, James Schlesinger, Harold Brown, Frank Carlucci, Caspar Weinberger, William Cohen, and moderator Judy Woodruff of CNN.

The Southern Center for International Studies, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational institution based in Atlanta, Georgia since 1962, is an independent center for thought and opinion on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. The Center seeks to inform. It does not take political positions nor seeks to influence policy.

Oglethorpe University is a highly selective, independent, co-educational liberal arts institution that enrolls approximately 1,200 students each year. Following graduation, Oglethorpe students often go on to the best graduate schools in the nation. Recent placements include Cambridge University, Columbia University, Duke University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University and Yale University.

SPONSORS

The Southern Center for International Studies wishes to thank the following sponsors for their generous contributions toward this project: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation; Jerome Tannenbaum, M.D. Ph.D., National Nephrology Associates; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Republic of China; Imlay Family Fund; State of Georgia; Georgia Department of Industry Trade and Tourism; NorthropGrumman; Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.; Oglethorpe University; Hennesy Automotive Group; Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems; Georgia Pacific Foundation; United Parcel Service; R. Charles Loudermilk; Sr., Aaron Rents; North Highland Company; Harris Digital Media; The Atlanta Business Chronicle; Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta; Delta Airlines; Mr.& Mrs. H. Brandt Ayers; and ADO "Bennett Graphics".

We also wish to thank the other sponsors whose names were not available when this press release was printed.

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