18th Annual
Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

Fresh Visions, Old Realities, New Possibilities:
The Impact of Leadership Change on Arab-U.S. Relations

Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC
October 15-16, 2009

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U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS: A VIEW FROM THE U.S. CONGRESS

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Chair: Rear Admiral Harold J. Bernsen, (USN, Ret.)

Speaker: Congressman Keith Ellison

Chair: Rear Admiral Harold J. Bernsen, (USN, Ret.) − Chairman, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; President, Board of Trustees of Physicians for Peace; Director, American-Bahraini Friendship Society; former Commander, U.S. Middle East Force; and Director Emeritus, National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce.

Speaker: Congressman Keith Ellison - Member, United States House of Representatives, representing the Fifth District of Minnesota; Member, Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFLP); sits on the House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittees on "Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit" and "Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology"; and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittees on "International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight," and "Middle East and South Asia."