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Media Coverage
More than 120 journalists were among the nearly 1900 participants at Passing the Baton. The stories listed below are a sampling of the media coverage the event generated.
January 12
Stars and Stripes, in a story called “Petraeus: Iran should be involved in Mideast Strategy,” mentioned General Petraeus’ speech at Passing the Baton 2009. The story called “Passing the Baton” an “all-star policy jam session.”
January 12
The Chicago Tribune quoted former Defense Secretary William Perry’s speech at the Passing the Baton 2009 event in a story called “Outcome of Gaza conflict will echo in Iran.”
January 12
The National Iranian Council highlighted the Passing the Baton panel on Iran.
January 12
The Defense Technology Blog published entries titled “Iraqi National Security Advisor Mixes It Up” and “How to Wrap Up One War, and Kickstart Another” which discussed the Passing the Baton panel on “Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan: Identifying Priorities, Linkages and Trade-Offs.”
January 12
An Africa News story titled “Africa: Press Can Spark War – And Peace” quoted Associate Vice President Sheldon Himelfarb.
January 11
The Armed Forces Times mentioned General Petraeus’ “Passing the Baton” speech in a story titled “NATO chief: Stalemate in Afghan south.”
January 10
An American Forces Press Service story titled “Vice-President Elect Visits U.S., Afghan Leaders in Afghanistan” mentioned General Petraus’ Passing the Baton speech.
January 10
General Petraeus’ speech at Passing the Baton was mentioned in a The Nation article called “Major push is needed to save Afghanistan, US general says.”
January 10
The Peoria Journal-Star mentioned the Future of Afghanistan report in a story titled “Our View: Time to turn our energy to the fight in Afghanistan.”
January 9
A number of articles highlighted General David Petraeus’ speech at USIP’s “Passing the Baton 2009” event:
- UPI: “Petraeus: Lengthy Afgan commitment needed”
- Wired magazine’s Danger Room Blog: “Petraeus: Iran Ain’t So Bad”
- Voice of America: “U.S. Studies Withdrawing More Troops from Iraq”
- American Forces Press Release: “Petraeus Discusses Way Ahead for Afghanistan”
- New York Times: “Major Push Is Needed to Save Afghanistan, General Says”
- AFP: “Obama to face Iran nuclear crisis in first year, ex US official warns.” This article called “Passing the Baton” a “star-studded event.”
- Harper’s Magazine highlighted the Future of Afghanistan report in its “The Baseline” section.
January 9
Global Security Newswire highlighted former Secretary of Defense William Perry’s Passing the Baton speech in a story titled “Former U.S. Defense Chief Warns of Nuclear Proliferation Threats.”
January 9
The United States Army Combined Arms Center highlighted “Passing the Baton 2009” on its website.
January 8
Washington Independent Reporter Spencer Ackerman posted the following blog entries while in attendance at “Passing the Baton 2009”:
- Thursday January 8, 2009 8:47 am “We Look To The Horizon”
- Thursday January 8, 2009 9:36 am: “All Nations Under The Bomb”
- Thursday January 8, 2009 12:30 pm: “We Want Two States”
- Thursday January 8, 2009 2:21 pm: “Zbiggie Smalls Is The Illest”
- Thursday January 8, 2009 5:30 pm: “This Is Where The Good Times End”
January 8
A number of articles highlighted General David Petraeus’ speech at USIP’s “Passing the Baton 2009” event:
- Reuters: “U.S, Iran share interests in Afghanistan: Petraeus”
- AFP: “US, Iran have shared interest in Afghanistan: Petraeus”
- Air Force Times: “Petraeus: Afghan success needs cooperation”
- AP: “Report: U.S. has unrealistic goals in Afghanistan”
- Washington Independent: “Petraeus on Afghanistan”
- Antiwar.blog: “Petraeus vs. Ross?”
Additional stories highlighted various aspects of the event:
- Reuters: “Zoellick urges rethink on post-conflict rebuilding”
- The National Journal’s “Lost in Transition” section mentioned USIP’s “Passing the Baton 2009” event in a story titled “Gaza, Nuclear Weapons Take Early Focus At USIP Conference.”
- Senator Richard Lugar released his remarks from the event in a press release titled “Sen. Lugar Calls for New Spirit of Trust, Less Partisan Confrontation.”
- USAID released the text of Director of Foreign Assistance and Administrator Henrietta Fore’s Passing the Baton speech.
January 8
A World Bank press release called “Security, Governance and Development Need Stronger Link, Zoellick says: Fragile states can create fragile regions that can then become global threats” highlighted World Bank President Robert Zoellick’s talk at the Passing the Baton 2009 event. The World Bank also published multimedia and photo galleries and released the text of Zoellick’s speech.
January 8
A Canadian Press story titled “Report: Refocus war and rebuilding effort in Afghanistan” highlighted the Future of Afghanistan report.
January 7
The National Journal’s “Lost in Transition” section mentioned USIP’s “Passing the Baton 2009” event.