PAST EVENT

Starr Forum: A Conversation with Admiral Fallon

Forum Event
Series: MIT/CIS Security Studies Program Seminar
Open to the Public - MIT - Wong Auditorium
October 28, 2008
4:30 p.m.- - Forum Address

Related Project: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Description:

http://web.mit.edu/cis/eventposter_fallon.html

We are honored to host a public talk at MIT by Admiral Fallon on Tuesday, October 28, just one week before the national election. He will address global issues of national importance for the next U.S. administration.

Admiral Fallon led U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), one of five geographic joint military commands of the U.S. armed forces, each headed by a senior four-star general or admiral, from March 2007 to March 2008. During his tenure as CENTCOM commander, he was responsible for U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and directed all U.S. military activities in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Horn of Africa.

Prior to heading CENTCOM, Admiral Fallon served with distinction as the commander of U.S. Pacific Command from February 2005 to March 2007 with responsibility for U.S. military engagement and operations in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. He had previously served as commander for U.S. Fleet Forces Command and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet from September 2003 to February 2005. He was the 31st Vice Chief of Naval Operations, serving as the number two officer in the Navy, from October 2000 through August 2003.

Admiral Fallon joined the MIT Center for International Studies as its 2008-09 Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow upon retiring from the military after 41 years of distinguished service.

Our events are free and open to the public; Light refreshments will be served

Contact:

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