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CONTACT: Joan Kallestad, (850) 645-4844; <jkallestad@fsu.edu> Sept. 26, 2008 FORMER AMBASSADOR NANCY SODERBERG TO DISCUSS NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES FACING NEXT PRESIDENT Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nancy Soderberg will discuss “National Security Challenges: The Next President’s Inbox,” in a free, public lecture Sept. 30 at Florida State University. With more than 20 years of experience in the formation of U.S. foreign policy, Soderberg has a deep understanding of policy making and negotiations at the highest levels of government and the United Nations. She has promoted democracy and conflict resolution worldwide and achieved international recognition for her efforts to promote peace in Northern Ireland. As deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs from 1993 to 1997, Soderberg served as the third ranking official of the National Security Council at the White House under President Clinton. From 1997 to 2001, she served as alternate representative to the United Nations as a presidential appointee with the rank of ambassador. From 2001 to 2005, Soderberg was vice president of the International Crisis Group and ran its New York office. Soderberg is currently a distinguished visiting scholar at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville and coauthor, with Brian Katulis, of “The Prosperity Agenda: What the World Wants from America and What We Need in Return,” published in July. She also is the author of the 2005 book “The Superpower Myth.” There will be book-signing opportunities before and after Soderberg’s FSU lecture, and copies of the book will be available for purchase. Her lecture, which is sponsored by the College of Social Sciences and arranged by the FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, is funded by the Shepard and Ruth K. Broad International Lecture Series. It will be held: TUESDAY, SEPT. 30 # # # |