Panetta Lecture Series 2003
Opening on April 21, less than two weeks after U.S. forces seize control of Baghdad and the world watches the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein, the 2003 Leon Panetta Lecture Series introduces Governing in Crisis - The Role of the Presidency, the Congress and the People. This series explores the challenges in times of crisis to four important entities in U.S. society: the press, the Congress, the people of the United States, and the presidency. The series is presented by the Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy.
In the first lecture of the series, Al Hunt, Executive Washington Editor of The Wall Street Journal, appears with Mark Shields, of CNN's The Capital Gang, and explores the responsibility of the press in times of crisis.
The second lecture, on May 5, brings together two former Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives-Tom Foley and Newt Gingrich-to discuss the role of the Congress in governing during crisis.
On May 19, former presidential adviser and political consultant James Carville and Mary Matalin, former assistant to the President and counselor to the Vice President, discuss politics and the people during crisis.
The final lecture of the season, on July 14, brings two authors together to discuss the role of the presidency in governing during crisis. Pulitzer Prize winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin appears with veteran presidential advisor and author David Gergen to close the series.
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