Speaker: David Schenker, Assistant Secretary of State
Speaker: David Schenker, Assistant Secretary of State
Topic: Mr. Schenker will provide a regional overview of the challenges we face from North Africa – Middle East – Gulf – Iran, and will focus on the U.S. – Israeli relationship, and have a question and answer period as well.
Time: Oct 29, 2020 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 834 3109 1314
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David Schenker was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Near Eastern Affairs in June 14, 2019. Prior to joining the Department of State, from 2006-2019, Mr. Schenker was director of the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. From 2002-2006, he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as Levant country director (Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey are sometimes considered Levant countries). In that capacity, he was responsible for advising the secretary and other senior Pentagon leadership on the military and political affairs of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories. He was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service in 2005.
June 5, 2019
