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Events
Atlantic Partnership holds a series of breakfast meetings each year in London, Paris, Germany (Berlin, Frankfurt), Spain and the USA (Washington and New York) to give major figures the chance to present their views in front of a select audience of decision-makers and opinion-formers including leading businessmen, ambassadors, military leaders, newspaper editors, and others. Past guest speakers include:
From North America:
» The Honorable Madeleine Albright, former United States Secretary of State
» The Honorable Joseph Biden, Vice President of the United States
» Mr. Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
» Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr., United States Senator for Pennsylvania
» General Wesley K. Clark, ret., former United States NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe
» Senator Tom Daschle, former United States Senator for South Dakota
» Senator Chuck Hagel, former United States Senator for Nebraska
» General James Jones, United States National Security Adviser
» The Honorable Dr. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
» The Honorable Dr. Henry Kissinger, former United States Secretary of State and National Security Adviser
» Senator John McCain, United States Senator, Armed Services Committee member
» The Rt Honorable Brian Mulroney CC, former Canadian Prime Minister
» General David Patraeus, Commander, United States Central Command
» General Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State
» Ambassador Felix Rohatyn, former United States Ambassador to France
» The Honorable James Rubin, former United States Assistant Secretary of State
» The Honorable Robert Rubin, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
» The Honorable Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
» His Excellency Mr. Alejandro Wolff, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations
» Ambassador Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank
From Europe:
» Sr. Don José María Aznar, former Spanish Prime Minister
» The Rt Honorable Gordon Brown MP, United Kingdom Prime Minister
» Mr. David Cameron, The Leader of HM Opposition, United Kingdom Member of Parliament
» His Excellency Mr. Giovanni Castellaneta, Italian Ambassador to the United States
» Secretary Luis Cuesta, Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy
» Ambassador Dan Gillerman, former Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
» The Honorable Alain Juppé, former French Prime Minister
» Dr. Mervyn King, The Governor of the Bank of England
» The Rt Honorable John Major CH, former United Kingdom Prime Minister
» The Honorable Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, former DCB, Director General,
British Security Service
» The Honorable Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany and Leader of the German CDU Party
» The Rt Honorable Chris Patten, Chancellor of Oxford University; former European Union Commissioner
» General David Richards, Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces
» His Excellency Dr. Klaus Scharioth, German Ambassador to the United States
» Minister Christian Schmidt, German Deputy Defense Minister
» His Excellency Sir Nigel Sheinwald, British Ambassador to the United States
» The Honorable Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy; Secretary General of the Council of the European Union
» Air Chief Marshall Sir Jock Stirrup, British Chief of the Defense Staff
» The Rt Honorable Jack Straw MP, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, Secretary of State for Justice
» The Honorable Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank