Mike --
I am posting my answer before you respond to my clarification request
because I have now found a VHS copy of the presentation for sale, as
well as the streaming audio version I mentioned in my request.
I am confident that the presentation you remember seeing on C-SPAN was
the 2003 Rostov lecture by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman at
the School For Advanced International Studies. The timing is right
(March 6, 2003), as is your description of the speaker and his general
topic.
The lecture was titled, "American Foreign Policy After 9/11," and here
is a brief description of its content:
"New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman delivered the 2003 Rostov
Lecture at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced
International Studies in Washington, DC on March 6th. Over the course
of his speech, he discussed the motivations of the September 11th
hijackers, the underlying causes of those motivations, and the current
situation in the Middle East. In particular, he discussed the way in
which context and environment impact religious expression, the impact
around the world of recent U.S. policy regarding the War on Terror,
what should be done regarding Iraq, and possible futures for the
region."
The Dialogue Project: SAIS: Articles and Forums
http://dialogueproject.sais-jhu.edu/version1/section.php?term=US-Policy&Articles=current
An audio stream (using Real Player) is available at that link as well.
It is also available here:
SAIS: Insider: Archive: 2003 (about 5/6 down the page)
http://apps.sais-jhu.edu/insider/archive_news_and_events.php?year=2003
A VHS copy of the presentation is available from C-SPAN for $45 at
this linked page:
C-SPAN Store: U.S. Foreign Policy
http://www.c-spanstore.org/cgi-bin/cspanstore/175414-1.html
Additional Information:
Here is a link to a biography of Mr. Friedman:
New York Times: Columnist Biography: Thomas L. Friedman
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/FRIEDMAN-BIO.html
Here is contact information for the School For Advanced International Studies:
202.663.5600 (main number)
202.663.5656 (main fax)
The Nitze Building (main building)
1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
SAIS: Public Affairs: Contacts
http://www.sais-jhu.edu/pubaffairs/AboutSAIS/contacts.html
Although this generic contact page for Mr. Friedman may be of limited
use, it is the only one available:
Thomas L. Friedman: Contact
http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/contact.htm
The War in Iraq began with the invasion of that country by Coalition
troops on March 20, 2003:
Wikipedia: The Invasion of Iraq
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq
Search Strategy:
I began with the following simple Google search:
cspan sais
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=cspan+sais
Among the top results of that search was a reference to Friedman's
2003 appearance. Im am familiar with Friedman and used his name as a
keyword in site searches at the SAIS and C-SPAN websites looking for
more information on his appearance and trying to determine whether his
appearance was most likely to be the one that interests you.
I also found the audio links and the VHS sale information using these
site searches. In order to confirm that a transcript was not
available elsewhere online, I supplemented these searches with this
one, using Google:
"tom OR thomas friedman" sais transcript
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22tom+OR+thomas+friedman%22+sais+transcript
I am confident that this is the presentation you are seeking. In the
unlikely event that it is not, or if anything else is unclear, please
ask for clarification before rating the answer.
markj-ga |
