What's PNTR?
In message <p0431010db53de6d090da@[216.254.77.128]>, Doug Henwood
<dhenwood at panix.com> writes
>[They forgot to invite Rakesh!]
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> THE WHITE HOUSE
>
>_________________________________________________________________________
>For Immediate Release May 9, 2000
>
> DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS IN SUPPORT OF PNTR
> List of Attendees
> May 9, 2000
>
>Former Presidents
>Honorable Jimmy Carter
>Honorable Gerald Ford
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>Former Executive Branch Officials
>Honorable James Baker -- Former Secretary of State;
>Former Secretary of the Treasury;
> Partner, Baker & Botts
>Honorable John Block -- Former Secretary of Agriculture;
> President & CEO of Food Distributors International
>Honorable W. Michael Blumenthal -- Former Secretary of Treasury
>Honorable Erskine Bowles -- Former White House Chief of Staff;
> Partner, Forstmann, Little & Co.
>Honorable (Dr.) Zbigniew Brzezinski -- Former National Security Advisor;
> Center for Strategic and International Studies
>Honorable Warren Christopher -- Former Secretary of State;
> Senior Partner, O'Melveny & Meyers
>Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr. -- Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff;
> Senior Advisor, Global Options, LLC
>Honorable Ken Duberstein -- Former White House Chief of Staff
>Honorable Michael Espy -- Former Secretary of Agriculture
>Honorable Barbara H. Franklin -- Former Secretary of Commerce;
> President & CEO of Barbara Franklin Enterprises
>Honorable (Gen.) Alexander M. Haig -- Former Secretary of State
>Honorable Carla Anderson Hills -- Former U.S. Trade Representative
>Honorable Mickey Kantor, Former Secretary of Commerce;
> Former U.S. Trade Representative
>Honorable (Dr.) Henry A. Kissinger -- Former Secretary of State;
> Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
>Honorable John Knebel - Former Secretary of Agriculture
>Honorable Anthony Lake -- Former National Security Council Advisor;
> Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown
> University
>Honorable William McFarlane -- Former National Security Advisor
>Honorable Robert McNamara -- Former Secretary of Defense
>Honorable G. William Miller -- Former Secretary of the Treasury
>Honorable Leon E. Panetta -- Former White House Chief of Staff;
> Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy
>Honorable James R. Schlesinger -- Former Secretary of Defense;
> Senior Advisor, Lehman Brothers
>Honorable (Lieutenant General - Retired) Brent Scowcroft --
> Former National Security Advisor; President, The Scowcroft Group
>Honorable Samuel K. Skinner -- Former White House Chief of Staff;
> Co-chair of Hopkins & Sutter
>Honorable Robert S. Strauss -- Former U.S. Trade Representative;
> Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP
>Honorable C. William Verity -- Former Secretary of Commerce
>
>Former U.S. Ambassadors to China
>Honorable Arthur W. Hummel -- Former U.S. Ambassador to China
>Honorable James R. Lilley - Former U.S. Ambassador to China
>Honorable Stapelton Roy - Former U.S. Ambassador to China;
> Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research
>Honorable James Sasser - Former U.S. Ambassador to China
>
>Current Cabinet Officials
>Secretary Madeleine Albright - Secretary of State
>Secretary Lawrence H. Summers - Secretary of the Treasury
>Secretary William Cohen -- Secretary of Defense
>Secretary Daniel R. Glickman -- Secretary of Agriculture
>Secretary William M. Daley -- Secretary of Commerce
>Secretary Donna E. Shalala -- Secretary of Health and Human Services
>Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky -- U.S. Trade Representative
>Dr. Martin Baily -- Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
>
>State and Local Elected Officials
>Honorable Jesse Ventura, Governor of Minnesota
>Honorable Gene F. Eriquez - Mayor of the City of Danbury, Connecticut
>Honorable Ronald Kirk - Mayor of the City of Dallas, Texas
>Honorable Daniel P. Malloy - Mayor of the City of Stamford, Connecticut
>Honorable Jim Costa -- State Senator, State of California
>Honorable Wayne K. Curry -- County Executive, Prince George's County,
>Maryland Honorable Lars A. Hafner - State Representative, State of
> Florida
>Honorable Robert Henriquez -- State Representative, State of Florida
>Honorable Bradley Owen -- Lieutenant Governor, State of Washington
>
>Former Members of Congress and Former Governors
>Senator Mike Mansfield, Former Senate Majority Leader
>Senator Claiborne Pell
>Senator Charles Percy
>Representative Thomas Foley, Former Speaker of the House of
> Representatives
>Representative Bob Michel, Former House Minority Leader
>Representative Barber Conable
>Representative Eligio (Kika) de la Garza
>Representative Bill Frenzel
>Representative Sam Gibbons
>Representative Lee Hamilton
>Representative James Jones
>Representative Pat Schroeder
>Representative Charles Vanik
>Honorable Carroll A. Campbell -- Former Governor of South Carolina;
> President & CEO, American Council of Life Insurance
>Honorable Ann Richards - Former Governor of Texas
>
>Nobel Laureates and Academics
>Mr. Robert W. Fogel -- Nobel Laureate; Professor, University of Chicago
>Mr. Lawrence Klein -- Nobel Laureate; Benjamin Franklin Professor of
> Economic Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
>Dr. Robert Merton -- Nobel Laureate
>Honorable (Dr.) Michael H. Armacost -- President, The Brookings
> Institution
>Dr. Thomas Christensen -- Professor of Political Science,
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>Dr. Merle Goldman -- Professor of Chinese History, Boston University
>Dr. Harry Harding -- Dean, Elliot School of International Affairs,
> George Washington University
>Dr. David M. Lampton -- Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International
> Studies, Johns Hopkins University
>Dr. Nicholas Lardy -- Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
>Dr. Barry Naughton -- University of California, San Diego
>Dr. Jonathan Pollack -- Rand Corporation
>Dr. David Shambaugh - George Washington University
>Dr. Michael Swain - Rand Corporation
>
>Business Leaders
>Mr. Philip M. Condit -- Chairman & CEO, Boeing Company
>Mr. Thomas J. Donohue -- President & CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
>Mr. David James Drury -- CEO, Principal Mutual Life Insurance
>Mr. Robert A. Kapp -- President, U.S.-China Business Council
>Mr. Samuel L. Maury -- President, The Business Roundtable
>Mr. Ernest S. Micek -- Chairman & CEO, Cargill Incorporated
>Ms. Sally Painter -- Business Coalition for U.S.- China Trade
>Mr. Barry Rogstad -- President, American Business Conference
>Mr. Larry T. Rowland -- President & CEO, Lincoln Re
>Mr. Seymour Sternberg -- Chairman, President & CEO, New York Life
>Honorable Jack Valenti -- President & CEO, Motion Picture Association
> of America
>Mr. Sanford I. Weill -- Chairman & CEO, Citigroup, Inc.
>
>Religious Leaders
>Reverend Richard Cain -- Former President, Claremont Seminary
>Rabbi Arthur Schneier -- President, Appeal of Conscience Foundation
>Mr. Edward W. Stowe -- Friends Committee on National Legislation
>Reverend Daniel Baida Su -- China Outreach Ministries
>Honorable Andrew Young -- President, National Council of Churches
>
>Honored Guests
>Admiral Ming E. Chang -- U.S. Navy, Retired
>Mr. Alv From, President, Democratic Leadership Council
>General David C. Jones -- U.S. Air Force, Retired
>Honorable Daniel K. Tarullo -- Professor of Law, Georgetown University
>Mr. Robert Cassidy, Former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China
>
-- Jim heartfield