patrick leahy

From the University of Vermont:

The Leahy Public Policy Forum at the University of Vermont is an exchange of ideas and perspectives on major US public policy issues of the 20th and 21st century, especially those in which Senator Patrick Leahy was closely involved during his impactful 48-year career in the US Senate.

The forum seeks to engage the university community and the people of Vermont with thought leaders in the national and global arenas, subject area experts, and first-hand accounts of relevant history. The forum is sponsored and hosted by UVM’s Patrick Leahy Honors College. 

For more information visit: www.uvm.edu/honorscollege/leahy-public-policy-forum

Panel Two

• Moderator Jane Lindholm – Host and Executive Producer, Vermont Public
• David Maraniss and Gregory Craig – Harvard student leader against the war; Former Director of Policy Planning, Department of State; Former White House Counsel (Ripton, Vt.) 

From the University of Vermont:

The Leahy Public Policy Forum at the University of Vermont is an exchange of ideas and perspectives on major US public policy issues of the 20th and 21st century, especially those in which Senator Patrick Leahy was closely involved during his impactful 48-year career in the US Senate.

The forum seeks to engage the university community and the people of Vermont with thought leaders in the national and global arenas, subject area experts, and first-hand accounts of relevant history. The forum is sponsored and hosted by UVM’s Patrick Leahy Honors College. 

For more information visit: www.uvm.edu/honorscollege/leahy-public-policy-forum

Keynote Lecture

• Hosted by David Jenemann, Dean of the Patrick Leahy Honors College
• UVM President Patricia Prelock - Introductory Remarks
• Senator Patrick Leahy - Remarks and Keynote Speaker Introduction
• Remarks by David Maraniss, author of "They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967," and Associate Editor of The Washington Post
• Audience Q&A

Senator Patrick Leahy announces he will not seek re-election, after 5 decades of service, from the Vermont State House where he announced his first run for U.S. Senate in 1974.

Courtesy of VTDigger

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