HBO History Makers Series with Joschka Fischer

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Presider
Richard R. Burt
Senior Advisor, Kissinger McLarty Associates; Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1985–89)
HBO History Makers

5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Reception
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Meeting

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