Jacobs, Lawrence R.2020-10-272020-10-272009-09-24https://hdl.handle.net/11299/216907The agenda in Washington is dominated by domestic issues -- especially, health care and the economy. Despite the dominance of domestic issues today, foreign policy and national security issues may become dominant in the near future. Among the topics that may dominate tomorrow's headlines include funding for Afghanistan and Iraq, new treaties with Russia, and responses to Iran's continued development of nuclear weapon capacity. Vin Weber is a senior fellow at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. He is also actively involved in the Humphrey School Policy Fellows program. He served in Congress from 1981 to 1993, representing Minnesota’s Second Congressional District. He is a partner at Clark & Weinstock, a consulting firm that provides strategic advice to institutions with matters before the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. Prior to opening Clark & Weinstock’s Washington office in 1994, Weber was president — and co-director with Jack Kemp, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Bill Bennett — of Empower America, a public policy advocacy group. From 2001-2010, he served as chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a private, nonprofit organization designed to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. Weber is a regular commentator on National Public Radio and is often sought as a political analyst for network programs such as CNN’s Capital Gang.enVin WeberPresentation