Secretary Michael Chertoff Lecture.
Dear Reader,
Speaker: Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
The topic is to be announced.
Event Date: Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 at 6:30pm
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Secretary: Michael Chertoff |
Attendance is free. Space is limited, an advance RSVP is required. Sign up will end one week before the lecture date. Please provide names for all guests.
Plase RSVP at www.aflse.org.
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A wine and cheese reception will follow the lecture.
Location: Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
1101 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20005
The AFLSE Washington, DC chapter's International Policy & Economics Lecture Series (IPE) featuring numerous prominent LSE alumni in the Washington, DC area.
For questions, please contact: Pietro DiSciascio pietrodisc@gmail.com
AFLSE DC IPE Lecture Series:
May 28, 2008 - Dov Zakheim , Booz Allen Hamilton
February 26, 2008 - Michael Chertoff , Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
January 31, 2008 - Marc Grossman , (retired) Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, State Department
October 23, 2007 - Joel Brenner , National Counterintelligence Executive and Mission Manager for Counterintelligence
July 11, 2007 - Margaret McCown , Senior Analyst, National Defense University
June 27, 2007 - Steven Payson , Chief, Special Studies Branch, Bureau of Economic Analysis
May 30, 2007 - Anthony Elson , Visiting Fellow, The London School of Economics and Political Science
April 25, 2007- Dennis McBride , President, The Potomac Institute
March 28, 2007 - Dr. Richard Weitz , Senior Fellow, The Hudson Institute
(Please click on link for details on each event.)
Secretary: Michael Chertoff
On February 15, 2005, Judge Michael Chertoff was sworn in as the second Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Chertoff formerly served as United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Secretary Chertoff was previously confirmed by the Senate to serve in the Bush Administration as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice. As Assistant Attorney General, he helped trace the 9/11 terrorist attacks to the al-Qaida network, and worked to increase information sharing within the FBI and with state and local officials.
Before joining the Bush Administration, Chertoff was a Partner in the law firm of Latham & Watkins. From 1994 to 1996, he served as Special Counsel for the U.S. Senate Whitewater Committee.
Prior to that, Chertoff spent more than a decade as a federal prosecutor, including service as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. As United States Attorney, Chertoff investigated and prosecuted several significant cases of political corruption, organized crime, and corporate fraud.
Chertoff graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1975 and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1978. From 1979-1980 he served as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Jr.
Secretary Chertoff is married to Meryl Justin Chertoff and has two children.
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Washington, DC: Speaker Series Tuesday, 02/26/08 at 9:30pm Speaker: Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security |
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