Second Annual "Real State of the Union" Welcoming Remarks and Panel One

9:10am SESSION I: THE AMERICAN ECONOMY: WHAT LIES AHEAD?

The Hon. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Michael Lind, The Hon. Martin Baily, Maya MacGuineas, and Sherle Schwenninger; Moderator: Slan Murray

11:00am SESSION II: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AFTER IRAQ: HAS AMERICA OVER-REACHED?

James Fallows, Francis Fukuyama,Kenneth Pollack, Paul Glastris, and Martin Walker; Moderator: Kathryn Kross

12:30pm LUNCHEON PROGRAM: AMERICAN POLITICS: BLUE VS. RED AMERICA

The Hon. John Breaux, The Hon. Harold E. Ford, Jr. Charlie Cook, Ted Halstead, Paul Starobin; Moderator: Brian Kelly

2:00pm SESSION III: THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE & EDUCATION

Shannon Brownlee, Laurie Rubiner, Karen Kornbluh and Jennifer Washburn; Moderator: Susan Dentzer

3:00pm CLOSING COMMENTARY

TIMES AND SPEAKERS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Participants

• Martin Baily
  Former Chair, Council of Economic Advisors and Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics


• Douglas Holtz-Eakin
  Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Director, Congressional Budget Office and Chief Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisors


• Michael Lind
  Whitehead Senior Fellow, New America Foundation and Author of What Lincoln Believed: The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President


• Maya MacGuineas
  Fellow and Co-Director, Retirement Security Program, New America Foundation


• Sherle R. Schwenninger
  Director, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program


• Alan Murray
  Washington Bureau Chief, CNBC and co-host, Capitol Report

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