Speaking for America: A Conversation with the State Department and Pentagon Spokesmen
On Monday, February 15 at 6:00 PM Eastern, the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service and the Walsh School of Foreign Service will host “Speaking for America: A Conversation with the State Department and Pentagon Spokesmen” with State Department spokesman Ned Price (SFS’05) and Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, both of whom serve the university as adjunct professors.
In the past few weeks alone, the world has seen further Iranian nuclear development, a coup in Myanmar, the imprisonment of a Russian opposition leader, and new complications in the international response to COVID-19. Each day the Biden administration must decide not just how to react to foreign policy issues like these, but how to articulate their actions. How does the administration determine and apply their foreign policy goals and initiatives? And what should those studying foreign policy know about the role of speaking for the country?
This conversation will be moderated by Marie Harf, Fox News contributor and former senior advisor for strategic communications to Secretary of State John Kerry, as well as a Fall 2017 GU Politics Fellow. It will be live-streamed across GU Politics’ social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube). Members of the Georgetown community should RSVP to receive a Zoom link.
Panelists:
Ned Price (SFS’05), State Department spokesman
John Kirby, Pentagon Press Secretary