AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT: CAP National Security Experts on Upcoming State of the Union

Washington, D.C. — In anticipation of tomorrow night’s State of the Union address, the following experts on the Center for American Progress’s National Security and International Policy team are available for comment:

• Rudy deLeon, Senior Vice President, National Security and International Policy
• Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow
• Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow
• Caroline Wadhams, Senior Fellow
• Michael Werz, Senior Fellow
• Nina Hachigian, Senior Fellow
• John Norris, Executive Director, Sustainable Security and Peacebuilding Initiative

Related resources:

• U.S. Can Afford $500 Billion in (Smart) Defense Cuts by Lawrence J. Korb and Max Hoffman (CNNMoney)
• Strengthening America’s Options on Iran by Rudy deLeon, Brian Katulis, and Peter Juul
• Advancing U.S. Interests and Values at a Time of Change in Egypt by Brian Katulis, Peter Juul, and Ken Sofer
• Foreign Affairs Are Pivotal in President Obama’s Second Term by Brian Katulis (Patriot-News)
• Politics and economics, not troops, will decide Afghanistan’s future by John Podesta and Caroline Wadhams (Foreign Policy)
• Managing Afghanistan’s Political Transition Between Now and 2014 by Caroline Wadhams
• The Responsibility Doctrine by Nina Hachigian and David Shorr (The Washington Quarterly)
• Rethinking U.S.-China Relations by Nina Hachigian (Reuters)
• Engagement Amid Austerity by John Norris and Connie Veillette
• The United States and Mexico: The Path Forward by Eric Farnsworth and Michael Werz

To speak with CAP experts, please contact Christina DiPasquale at 202.481.8181 or [email protected].

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