National Security and Economic Forum Convenes in Seattle

From The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition: The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) will host U.S. Representative Adam Smith, General Peter Chiarelli, and other key, local political and business leaders for a lunch forum on Thursday, April 20 to discuss how American leadership abroad bolsters our national security and creates jobs here at home. With proposed cuts threatening the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, this discussion could not come at a more critical time for Washington.

Washington is a hub for international trade and home to some of the largest global brands and organizations with rapidly growing international operations in emerging markets. Washington exports more than $86 billion in goods to foreign markets a year and trade supports over 945,000 local jobs, making U.S. international engagement a strategic economic issue for the state.

• U.S. Representative Adam Smith (WA-09), Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee
• General Peter Chiarelli, U.S. Army (Ret.)
• Mark Murray, Vice President, Global Engagement and Communications, PATH

WHEN: Thursday, April 20, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Broadcast media must arrive by 11:30 AM for set-up.

WHERE: The Grand Hyatt Seattle, 721 Pine St., Seattle, WA 98101
Event will take place in the Leonesa Ballroom

RSVP: mrabbitt@usglc.org -OR- mguilfoyle@usglc.org

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