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RAND Experts Available to Discuss Anniversary of Mumbai Attack and U.S. Visit of Indian Prime Minister

2009-11-20T11:09:19Z

RAND experts Brian Michael Jenkins and Angel Rabasa are available for interviews on the upcoming anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attack and the scheduled Washington, D.C. visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

RAND Experts Available To Discuss Possible Abbas Resignation and Palestinian Issues

2009-11-06T14:58:57Z

Today RAND released the conclusions drawn from a series of exercises that examined the challenges of the Arab-Israeli conflict – and of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular.

RAND Experts Available To Discuss Insurance Mandates, Other Key Features of Latest Proposed Health Reform Legislation

2009-11-06T12:03:15Z

As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to debate and vote on its latest health reform proposal, experts from RAND Health are available to discuss many of the key points of the legislation.

RAND Experts Available on 20th Anniversary of the Fall of Berlin Wall

2009-11-03T16:57:05Z

RAND Corporation experts are available for interviews to discuss the 20th anniversary (Nov. 9) of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

RAND Event on Afghanistan to Feature Sen. Levin, Dr. Brzezinski, and Amb. Khalilzad

2009-10-27T15:23:13Z

The RAND Corporation is hosting a Capitol Hill event, "U.S. Policy in Afghanistan: Basic Questions, Strategic Choices," on Thursday, Oct. 29 at the Russell Senate Office Building.

RAND Experts at J Street Conference and Available to Speak on Israeli-Palestinian Issues

2009-10-26T14:28:21Z

RAND Senior Economist Ross Anthony and urban designer Doug Suisman will be speaking Oct. 26 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the J Street Conference in Washington, D.C on "Palestinian Economic Development: Path to Peace or Diversion?"

Retiring L.A. Police Chief William Bratton To Highlight Discussion on City Safety

2009-10-14T10:57:00Z

Three days before Los Angeles Police Department Chief William J. Bratton steps down from his post, he will be at the RAND Corporation for a special public policy forum.

RAND Gulf States Experts Available to Discuss President Obama's Visit to New Orleans

2009-10-13T14:49:40Z

President Barak Obama's visit to New Orleans this week provides a good opportunity to remind the nation of the challenges that still face the region four years after Hurricane Katrina.

RAND Experts Available to Discuss Iran President Ahmadinejad's Sept. 23 Speech at the United Nations

2009-09-21T22:16:16Z

RAND Corporation experts are available for interviews on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's scheduled speech at the United Nations in New York on Sept. 23.

RAND Experts Available to Discuss President Obama's Decision on a European Missile Shield

2009-09-21T21:24:50Z

Several RAND Corporation experts on national security and U.S.-European and U.S.-Russian relations are available today to discuss President Obama's decision not to move forward with a Europe-based missile shield.

RAND Experts Can Discuss Health Care Reform and President Obama's Planned Speech to Congress

2009-09-09T14:28:40Z

Elizabeth McGlynn, co-director of the RAND Corporation's health reform initiative (COMPARE), is available to discuss President Obama's address to Congress on Wednesday.

H1N1 Flu and U.S. Public Health Preparedness as the Nation Prepares for the Flu Season

2009-09-02T14:55:51Z

RAND Health experts can address a variety of issues related to the challenges posed by the upcoming flu season.

RAND Domestic Preparedness Expert Available for Interviews During "National Preparedness Month"

2009-09-01T15:27:06Z

Brian Jackson, associate director of the Homeland Security Program at RAND Corporation, can discuss issues concerning "National Preparedness Month" in September.

RAND Gulf States Experts Available to Discuss Disaster Recovery Four Years After Katrina

2009-08-25T11:16:00Z

Four years ago on Aug. 29, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the Gulf Coast, causing widespread destruction to sections of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The region is slowly recovering, but much more needs to be done, even as a new hurricane season begins.

A Critical Conversation on the Third Rail of Healthcare Reform: Cost

2009-08-26T09:47:23Z

Many industry experts, politicians and pundits involved in the healthcare debate speak from a specific political objective and agenda. In Nashville, Tennessee on August 29th some of the nation's foremost authorities on healthcare reform will join in a non-partisan conversation: The Third Rail of Healthcare Reform – COST.

Conference Call on Afghanistan Election to Feature Amb. James Dobbins of RAND

2009-08-20T16:55:32Z

Amb. James Dobbins, former Special Envoy to Afghanistan for President George W. Bush and director of International Security at RAND, is the featured participant in a news conference call on Friday about the presidential election in Afghanistan.

RAND Experts Available on Afghanistan Elections

2009-08-13T17:23:27Z

RAND experts on Afghanistan are available for interviews to discuss the August 20 presidential election in Afghanistan.

RAND Experts Available on Health Care Reform: How Many People May Be Covered? How to Cut Costs; Implications for Quality

2009-07-23T13:12:10Z

Experts from RAND Health are available to discuss the ongoing national debate over health care reform. Issues where RAND has unique expertise: history of nation's health care system; estimates of how many uninsured may be covered by reform; strategies to slow rising health care costs; impact rising health care costs have on employment and nation's economy; how health reform might affect health care quality and whether quality can be improved as coverage is extended to more uninsured.

RAND Expert Available to Discuss "In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan"

2009-07-15T14:07:30Z

Seth Jones, an expert on Afghanistan, Pakistan and U.S. counter-insurgency strategy, is available for interviews to discuss his just-published book, "In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan." Jones offers a definitive account of the U.S. experience in Afghanistan.

RAND Experts Available on Obama-Medvedev Summit

2009-07-06T15:01:33Z

President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are conducting a two-day summit in Moscow to address a variety of U.S.-Russia security matters, including reducing nuclear warhead stockpiles, a European missile defense shield, and how the two nations can work together on securing Afghanistan.