Remembering 9/11

REMEMBERING 9/11 10 Years Later

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t’s hard to believe that the attacks on 9/11 occurred ten years ago. So much has happened in that decade gone by; both politically and socially, the US so often seems to be painfully divided. Yet as the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, we all come together to look back on the events of that day with reverence and remembrance.

The speakers featured in the following pages include:

We reflect...on

Authorities in their field, these voices understand not only the events of 9/11 and their long-ranging implications, but also the American narrative of defiance and perseverance in the face of hardship.

the sacrifices that have been made in the years since.

And, perhaps most importantly, we look ahead to the future, remembering that, like generations of Americans before us,

we persevered through difficult times and became stronger for them.

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Decorated Soldiers & War Veterans

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Leading Government Officials

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporters

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Best-Selling Authors

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Thought Leaders

We are honored...to

represent such respected and admired speakers - people who can help us make sense of the world today and lead us in shaping the world we want for tomorrow.

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REMEMBERING 9/11

10 Years Later

Zainab Al-Suwaij, Executive Director, American Islamic Congress As co-founder and executive director of the American Islamic Congress— a nonprofit established in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to build interfaith understanding, mobilize a moderate voice in the American Muslim Community, and promote civil rights in the Muslim World—Al-Suwaij’s mission is to promote a positive Muslim American voice.

Milt Bearden, Former CIA Senior Officer

For thirty years, Bearden served in the CIA’s clandestine services, rising through the ranks to become one of the Agency’s most senior officers. He is the author of The Black Tulip, a novel of war in Afghanistan, and a contributor to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs.

Matthew Bogdanos, US Marine Officer & Author

A New York City homicide prosecutor, middleweight boxer, and classics scholar, US Marine Colonel Bogdanos made it his mission to recover the stolen treasures of the Iraq National Museum after Baghdad’s collapse and subsequent looting.

His best-selling memoir is Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine’s Passion to Recover the World’s Greatest Stolen Treasures.

Chris Hedges, Foreign Correspondent & Author

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer, Hedges writes and speaks extensively on war, religion, American culture, empire, and the conflict in the Middle East. A foreign correspondent in the Middle East, the Balkans, Latin America, and Africa, he is the author of War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning.

Anand Giridharadas, Columnist & Author

Giridharadas is a columnist for The New York Times and its global edition, the International Herald Tribune, where he has reported on India’s transformation, Bollywood, corporate takeovers, terrorism, outsourcing, poverty, and democracy.

His first book, India Calling, is a work of narrative nonfiction about his return to his parents’ native India.

Time

is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th.

We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief.

-George W. Bush

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REMEMBERING 9/11

10 Years Later

Parag Khanna, The World’s Leading Geo-Strategist

The world’s leading geo-strategist, Khanna is a respected voice on the future of global affairs. In The Second World, he predicted that Egypt and the Arab world were “ripe for revolution”; in his newest book, How to Run the World, he provides spot-on insights to establishing a stable economic and geopolitical order.

Rami George Khouri, Executive Editor, The Daily Star

Khouri is the executive editor of the Beirut, Lebanon-based newspaper The Daily Star, the largest English-language newspaper published in the Middle East. He also pens the internationally syndicated column “A View from the Arab World”—commentary and articles centered on Middle Eastern culture, politics, and religion—for Agence Global.

Peter Lance, Award-Winning Investigative Reporter

A five-time Emmy winner, Lance is a screenwriter and novelist who has written such acclaimed books as Cover Up: What the Government Is Still Hiding About the War on Terror and Triple Cross: How Bin Laden’s Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI – and Why Patrick Fitzgerald Failed to Stop Him.

Asra Nomani, Journalist & Author

The author of the critically acclaimed Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam, Nomani is a former Wall Street Journal correspondent and friend of reporter Daniel Pearl, who was slain at the hands of Pakistani militants. Her character figures prominently in the film A Mighty Heart.

Mariane Pearl, Journalist & Widow of Daniel Pearl

Award-winning journalist Pearl authored A Mighty Heart, the inspiration for the film of the same name starring Angelina Jolie. The book tells the story of her pursuit of those who captured and killed her husband, Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal South Asian bureau chief who had been reporting from Pakistan.

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we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.

-Sandy Dahl, Wife of Flight 93 Pilot

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REMEMBERING 9/11

10 Years Later

Josh Rushing, Award-Winning Journalist

Rushing has gone from US Marine Corps Captain to celebrated military correspondent and analyst for Al Jazeera English to author of Mission Al Jazeera: Build a Bridge, Seek the Truth, Change the World. He delivers news from a unique prism of experience, providing accurate and impartial reporting with an international perspective.

Anthony Shadid, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Middle East Correspondent

Since 9/11, Shadid—a New York Times Beirut bureau chief—has reported from most of the countries in the Middle East, from Egypt and Syria to Israel and Palestine. In March 2011, he was one of four Times journalists who were held captive in Libya and released five days later.

Craig Unger, Journalist & Best-Selling Author

A journalist who appears frequently as an analyst on terrorism, Saudi-American relations, and the oil industry, Unger is the author of the New York Times bestseller House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World’s Two Most Powerful Dynasties and The Fall of the House of Bush.

Bing West, Correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly & Military Author

West is an Atlantic Monthly correspondent and was the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the Reagan Administration. An expert on the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan wars—as well as defense, national security, and geopolitical issues—he is the author of The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq.

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real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it; between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past; between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists.

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