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Baker Center Luncheon:
A Conversation with His Excellency Samir Shakir M. Sumaida’ie, Iraq Ambassador
Is Iraq Still Important for the U.S.?
March 4
11:30 a.m.– 1 p.m., Toyota Auditorium
In partnership with the Department of Political Science and Susan and Jana Dakak
The event will also be webcast http://tinyurl.com/4fv279s
Lunch is $15, payable by cash or check on the day of the event. ADVANCED Reservations are Required --- If you find you cannot attend, please call and cancel. Register
deadline is February 28 (or until full) by clicking here http://tinyurl.com/4nkm96s
His Excellency, Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida'ie, is Iraq’s ambassador to the United States since 2006. Prior to this appointment, he
was named Iraq’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in July 2004. Ambassador
Sumaida'ie previously served as the Minister of Interior in Baghdad, managed a domestic security force of over 120,000
and worked towards reconstituting and reorganizing the Ministry and its
operations. Ambassador Sumaida'ie also served as a member of Governing Council (GC) in Iraq. In the GC,
he was Chairman of the Media Committee, and in that role he helped found the
Iraqi Telecoms and Media Commission and the Public Broadcasting Institution. For more information on Ambassador Sumaida’ie,
please visit http://www.iraqiembassy.us/Ambassador.htm
Amy K. Gibson, Ph.D.
Director of Communications and Public Programming
Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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