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Moderator: John Donvan

Speaking for the motion: Jagdish Bhagwati, Douglas Irwin and Susan C. Schwab

Speaking against the motion: Leo W. Gerard, John R. MacArthur and Jeff Madrick


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Moderator: John Donvan
Speaking for the motion: Husain Haqqani, Patrick Lang and Ralph Peters

Speaking against the motion: Steve Coll, John Nagl and James Shinn

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Tuesday, October  27, 2009

 

Moderator: John Donvan

Speaking for the motion: John Hockenberry, Jim VandeHei and Michael Wolff

Speaking against the motion: Phil Bronstein, David Carr and Katrina vanden Heuvel


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Monday, November  16, 2009

 

Moderator: John Donvan
Speaking for the motion: Eliot Spitzer
Speaking against the motion: James Galbraith, Keith Hennessey and Robert Kuttner
Position TBD: Bill Bradley and Paul O'Neill


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Tuesday, December  01, 2009

 

Moderator: John Donvan
Speaking for the motion: Andrés Martinez, Jeffrey Miron and Fareed Zakaria
Speaking against the motion: Jorge Castañeda, Chris Cox and Asa Hutchinson


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