The Commonwealth Club presents Under Secretary of State Ellen Tauscher, July 28, who will speak on “Arms Control and Nonproliferation: The Road from Prague.” The event will be held at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette. Doors open at 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program Cost is $22 standard, $12 members, $7 students (with valid ID). See Registration and more info below.
The former U.S. congressional representative and current senior adviser to the president and secretary of state for arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament discusses the prospects for U.S. and international security in the midst of continued global unrest.
Under Secretary Tauscher represented California’s 10th Congressional District for 13 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district includes San Francisco’s suburbs in Contra Costa, Alameda Solano, and Sacramento counties. She was the only member of Congress to have two national defense laboratories, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia California, in her district.
Bill Gram-Reefer is Editor & Publisher of Halfway To Concord, founded in 2004. Halfway To Concord is the leading online source for community-driven political news, events, and opinion for Contra Costa County and the San Francisco East Bay.
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The very least she could have done is hold her meeting at the Lafayette Veterans Club.