REMINDER: U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel discusses "America's Role in International Development" on Tuesday, July 29 at 5:30 pm in Preston Auditorium

EVENT UPDATE:
ELI WHITNEY DEBEVOISE TO GIVE CLOSING REMARKS

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| | America's Role in |
| | International Development |
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| | Executive Group invite you |
| | to a joint event featuring |
| | the Honorable Chuck Hagel, |
| | Nebraska?s senior U.S. |
| | Senator, who will discuss |
| | America's role in |
| | international development. |
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| | Senator Hagel is serving his |
| | second term in the United |
| | States Senate, but will not |
| | seek re-election next year. |
| | He has recently authored a |
| | book entitled, America: Our |
| | Next Chapter. He is the |
| | ranking member of the U.S. |
| | Senate Subcommittee on |
| | International Development |
| | and Foreign Assistance, the |
| | subcommittee whose purview |
| | includes U.S. participation |
| | in the World Bank. Senator |
| | Hagel is a member of key |
| | Senate committees including, |
| | Foreign Relations, Banking, |
| | Housing and Urban Affairs, |
| | as well as Intelligence and |
| | Rules, and he is widely |
| | mentioned in the media as a |
| | potential vice presidential |
| | candidate or cabinet member |
| | in the next administration. |
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Book signing and wine & cheese reception to follow

Preston Auditorium
World Bank Main Complex
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC

OPENING REMARKS
Robert B. Zoellick
President, World Bank Group

INTRODUCTION
Raj Kumar
President, The Development Executive Group

PRESENTATION
The Honorable Chuck Hagel
U.S. Senator, Nebraska, Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations

CLOSING REMARKS
Eli Whitney Debevoise
Executive Director, United States, World Bank Group
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