Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

Palmisano, Samuel: 4/29/2009 — Prepared Remarks

Atlantic Council Awards Dinner Speaker: Samuel Palmisano, President and CEO, IBM Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Prepared Remarks: Good evening, everyone. Thank you, General Scowcroft. And thank you to Fred Kempe, Senator Hagel and the Atlantic Council for this award. It is a pleasure and an honor to be here tonight in this distinguished assembly, and […]

Teltschik, Horst: 4/29/2009 — Transcript

Atlantic Council Awards Dinner Speaker: Horst Teltschik, National Security Advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Federal Republic of Germany Wednesday, April 29, 2009 HORST TELTSCHIK:  Mr. President, secretaries, senators, your excellences, ladies and gentlemen, I am very moved receiving the Atlantic Council’s award for my former boss, Chancellor Dr. Helmut Kohl, whom I served for 19 […]

Petraeus, David: 4/29/2009 — Transcript

Atlantic Council Awards Dinner Speakers: General David Petraeus, Commander, U.S. Central Command Wednesday, April 29, 2009 GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS:  Well, good evening and thank you all for that very kind welcome.  General Jones, thanks for the kind introduction and thanks especially for recognizing my wife, Holly.  She has, indeed, been father as well as mother […]

George H.W. Bush: Awards Dinner Transcript

Atlantic Council Awards Dinner Speaker: George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States Wednesday, April 29, 2009 PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH:  Well, thank you all very much.  And, Bob, what a pleasure to be introduced by Bob Gates, who is doing such a wonderful job for our country as secretary of defense.  (Applause.) I […]

Transcript: 2009 Atlantic Council Awards Dinner

Full transcript of the 2009 Atlantic Council Annual Awards Dinner.

Ghani, Ashraf — Transcript

FREDERICK KEMPE:  Welcome to everyone.  For those of you who don’t know, I’m Fred Kempe, president and CEO of the Atlantic Council.  And I say that partly because we record, so it shows up, then, on the transcript, and people will then Google and – let me, first of all, tell you what an honor […]

Transcript: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Obama – Discussions on the New Strategy

Transcript by Federal News Service, Washington, DC. FREDERICK KEMPE:  Gentlemen, you’ve attracted a crowd.  Good afternoon and welcome to this ambassadorial discussion at the Atlantic Council.  I’m Fred Kempe, president and CEO of the Atlantic Council.  We’re delighted to welcome Ambassador Husain Haqqani of the Embassy of Pakistan and Ambassador Said Jawad of the Embassy […]

Neelie Kroes:Transcript

By Peter Cassata

Back to Event Page for Neelie Kroes FREDERICK KEMPE:  Welcome, everyone.  I’m Fred Kempe, president and CEO of the Atlantic Council of the United States.  I’m delighted – well, except for the turning-out of the lights – I’m delighted today to launch a new series of events mapping the global economic and financial future.  This […]