Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates are surrounded by Russell Ramsey, chairman of the board of trustees at George Washington University, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, GW’s Frank Sesno, and GW President Steven Knapp. (Kiran Sood/MNS)
I had my first encounter with political celebrity at George Washington University while attending the interview entitled “Power and Persuasion.” The conversation was taped as part of a CNN telecast featuring Christian Amampour. I got to sit in the official press area with a colleague of mine, we were the only two credentialed reporters from the Medill News Service who were present. It was eye-opening to listen to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discuss the future of the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, as well as the possible conflict in Iran and Pakistan as well.
Take a look at photos from the event on my Flickr page.
