Presentation on Mainers returning from Iraq...

Would anybody be interested in attending this program? Shall we schedule a van?? Let us know by commenting to this post if you want to go!
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WORLD AFFAIRS AFTER HOURS PROGRAM

“Mainers Serve and Return from Iraq”


Please join the World Affairs Council of Maine for a timely and informative evening forum about the role our Maine National Guard service members performed while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. We will be honored with the presence of Major General Libby who will lead this panel discussion. The speakers will share their experience in the Maine National Guard and what their deployments to Iraq meant to them as well as their perspective on what their service meant to the people of Iraq. The speakers will include:

Major General John (Bill) Libby, Lewiston native, University of Maine
Adjutant General Maine National Guard
Commissioner, Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management

First Sergeant Michael D. Lord, Brunswick native,
University of Southern Maine
1SG Lord, First Sergeant Battery A, 1-152nd Field Artillery
Mike currently continues full time employment with the Civil Operations Section of the Counter Drug Program.

Lieutenant Colonel Mark Leahey, Lewiston native, Bates College
Executive Officer, LTC, Field Artillery, 172 FA Corps RAOC, Base Camp Adder, Southern Iraq
Mark currently resides in Rochester, NH and is employed by Pfizer.

and Major Dwaine Drummond



When: Thursday, February 9, 2006
Registration 5:45-6:00 pm; Presentation with Q/A 6-7:30 pm

Where: University of Southern Maine-Lewiston/Auburn College, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston, Room 170. Parking is available in the University Parking lot. The College is off Exit 80 (formerly Exit 13) of the Maine Turnpike. Westminster Street is beside the Maine Public Broadcasting building. Lewiston-Auburn College is a brown cedar-sided building at the top of the hill, next to Ryder Truck.

Admission: Free and open to the public. For more information or with questions, call 753-6560. In case of inclement weather, call the University’s Storm Line at 753-6595. If school is cancelled, there will be no program.


Sponsored by
The World Affairs Council of Maine
in collaboration with USM/Lewiston Auburn College
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Special Upcoming WAC Events

Feb. 24-26 ~ The 19th Annual Camden Conference, “China on the World Stage"
Visit www.camdenconference.org for more information. WAC is a cooperating organization on this event.

March 2 ~ Distinguished Speaker Program and Dinner, Brad Babson & Evans Revere, “Current Briefing and Update on North Korea and Nearby areas."


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