Brookings Expert Bruce Riedel will speak at the February ESWA meeting February 8, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., at Scossa’s Restaurant and Lounge located in Easton, MD. This event is free and open to the public.
Bruce Riedel, one of the most popular speakers to appear before the Eastern Shore Writers Association, will make an encore appearance at their next meeting in Easton. The 30-year CIA career officer will speak at Scossa’s at 11 am on Saturday February 8. The meeting is free and open to the public with an optional lunch to follow.
Riedel is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and is the Director there of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence. He has been a senior advisor to the last four presidents on South Asia and MIddle East policy, working as a senior member of the National Security Council. In the 1990’s Riedel served as Assistant Secretary of Defense. In addition, he was a member of President Clinton’s Camp David peace negotiations team and has been advising President Obama on American policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Eastern Shore Writers Association, founded in 1985, is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization supporting 225 writers across the Delmarva Peninsula. ESWA (www.easternshorewriters.org) manages the Bay-to-Ocean Writers Conference which will be held onFebruary 22nd at Chesapeake College and annually publishes theDelmarva Review, a literary journal. Information is available at (410) 476-3917.
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