Las Vegas World Affairs Council
- Las Vegas World Affairs Council
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bgcolor=lightgrey|City||bgcolor=lightgrey|Las Vegas, Nevada
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bgcolor=lightgrey|Established||bgcolor=lightgrey|2004
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bgcolor=lightgrey|LVWAC's website||bgcolor=lightgrey| [http://www.lvwac.org www.lvwac.org]
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The Las Vegas World Affairs Council is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization dedicated to enhancing international education. It is considered the premiere speaking platform in Las Vegas for out-of-town guests, diplomats, and individuals of note outside of Las Vegas.Fact|date=May 2008
The organization usually hosts most of its events at The Four Seasons Las Vegas.
Notable speakers
Throughout its three year existence, LVWAC has hosted or will host events with many prominent businesspeople and diplomats:
• MAXjet First Las Vegas Flight Celebration
• Former DNC Chair and Senator Hillary Clinton Campaign Chair Terry McAuliffe [http://www.lvcitylife.com/articles/2007/03/16/news/local_news/iq_13155917.txt]
• Deputy Director-General of the European Central Bank, Werner Studener.
• Former Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith
• Washington Post Foreign Editor Pamela Constable
• The Korean Ambassador to the United States, Lee Tae-sik
• Klaus Sommer, Ambassador (ret.), Federal Republic of Germany
• Major General Charles Baldwin, Chief of Chaplains, USAF
• Baylor President John Lilley
• The Mayor Of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman
• Dr. Ikram Khan & Dr. Jeffrey Kesten On Global Health
• Former German Ambassador to the US, Wolfgang Ischinger
• Former Philippines Ambassador to the US, Albert del Rosario
• The Afghan Ambassador to the US, Said Tayeb Jawad
• The Former Rwandan Ambassador to the US, Zac Nsenga
• Lou Dobbs
References
External links
* [http://www.lvwac.org/ Las Vegas World Affairs Council]
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