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Governing Across the Divide Restoring Civility to Our Public Discourse 2010 Nancy and Paul Ignatius Program Governing across the Divide restoring civility to our public discourse 2010 Nancy and Paul Ignatius Program with • david axelrod, senior advisor to president barack obama • joshua bolten, chief of staff to former president george w. bush • moderated by bob schieffer of cbs news with remarks by • presidential historian michael beschloss • the rev. dr. barry c. black, united states senate chaplain • the hon. susan m. collins, united states senator October 5, 2010, 7:30 pm Washington National Cathedral Governing across the Divide restoring civility to our public discourse 2010 Nancy and Paul Ignatius Program Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 7:30 pm welcome Cathedral Dean Samuel T. Lloyd iii introduction Amy L. Ignatius comments The Rev. Dr. Barry C. Black panel discussion David Axelrod Joshua Bolten Bob Schieffer, moderator comments Michael Beschloss The Hon. Susan M. Collins closing Cathedral Dean Samuel T. Lloyd iii About the Nancy and Paul Ignatius Program The Nancy and Paul Ignatius Program Fund was established by Nancy and Paul’s children—David, Sarah, Amy, and Adi—their friends, and other relatives, in recognition of Nancy and Paul’s service and commitment to Washington National Cathedral. This special fund allows the Cathedral to offer programs on issues of importance at the intersection of faith and public life. Washington National Cathedral extends its gratitude to the Ignatius family and to all who have made this special evening possible. To find out how you can support the fund or any of the Cathedral’s programs, please contact Suzanne Mink, director of philanthropy, at (202) 537-2357 or [email protected]. About the Panelists Joshua Bolten, visiting professor at David Axelrod is senior advisor to Princeton University’s Woodrow President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Wilson School of Public and he served as senior advisor to the International Affairs, served for 12 Obama-Biden presidential transition years in the White House under both and as senior strategist to Obama’s Presidents Bush. His posts included campaign for the presidency. deputy chief of staff for policy, director Since 1988, Axelrod has been senior of the Office of Management and Budget, White House partner at the consulting firm akp&d Message and chief of staff for George W. Bush, and general counsel to Media, based in Chicago. the U.S. Trade Representative for the senior Bush. Before entering politics in 1984, Axelrod spent eight Previously he was international trade counsel to the years as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, where he U.S. Senate Finance Committee and an attorney at the covered national, state, and local politics. In 1981, he U.S. Department of State, as well as executive director became the youngest political writer and columnist in for legal and government affairs at Goldman Sachs the paper’s history. He also served as the Tribune’s City International. Hall bureau chief. An alumnus of St. Albans School for Boys on the He served as an adjunct professor of communication Cathedral grounds, Bolten is currently co-chair of the studies at Northwestern University and has lectured on Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and serves on the boards of political media at Harvard University, the University of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the one Chicago, and the University of Pennsylvania. Campaign. About the Participants Michael Beschloss has authored nine Black received the 1995 naacp Renowned Service Award books on American presidents. The New for his contribution to equal opportunity and civil rights York Times Book Review calls him “clearly and the 2002 Benjamin Elijah Mays Distinguished the most widely recognized presidential Leadership Award from the Morehouse School of historian in the nation.” An alumnus of Religion. In 2004, the Old Dominion University chapter the Harvard Business School, Beschloss of the naacp conferred on him its Image Award, has served as a senior associate “Reaffirming the Dream—Realizing the Vision,” for member at St. Antony’s College (University of Oxford), military excellence. a visiting fellow at the Harvard Russian Research Center, The Hon. Susan M. Collins (R-Me.) is and a senior fellow at the Annenberg Foundation. ranking member and former chair of Among his awards and honorary degrees, Beschloss won the Senate’s Homeland Security and an Emmy in 2005 for the Discovery Channel’s Decisions Governmental Affairs Committee. that Shook the World, which he hosted and helped She also serves on the committees for create. He is a trustee of the Maret School, the White Appropriations and Armed Services House Historical Association, and the National Archives and the Special Committee on Aging. Foundation; he is a former trustee of the Thomas She previously served on the Committee on Health, Jefferson Foundation, the Urban Institute, and the pen/ Education, Labor, and Pensions and led the Permanent Faulkner Foundation. Subcommittee on Investigations. O, the Oprah Magazine named her one of six women who could currently run for The Rev. Dr. Barry C. Black, former chief of U.S. Navy chaplains, is the president. sixty-second chaplain of the U.S. Collins worked for more than 12 years in state Senate. His personal decorations government before serving as New England include the Navy Distinguished Service administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration Medal, the Legion of Merit Medal, the from 1992 to 1993. After becoming the first woman in Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Maine’s history to win a major-party nomination for Meritorious Service Medals, and Navy and Marine Corps governor, she first won election to the Senate in 1996. Commendation Medals. continued on back cover About the Participants Amy L. Ignatius has spent her career Bob Schieffer, chief Washington in and around the state government correspondent for cbs News and of New Hampshire. moderator of Face the Nation, celebrates She is currently a commissioner with 53 years as a reporter this year. The the New Hampshire Public Utilities author of four books, Schieffer has Commission; she served previously covered all four major beats in the as energy policy advisor to Governor nation’s capital: the White House, the John Lynch, as a director for the state’s Office of Pentagon, the State Department, and Capitol Hill. He Energy and Planning, and in various capacities within has covered every presidential campaign and been the state’s Department of Justice. At the law firm of a floor reporter for all Democratic and Republican Devine, Millimet, and Branch, she worked in the field of National Conventions since 1972. He moderated the final government and regulatory practice. presidential debates in 2004 and 2008. Ignatius graduated from National Cathedral School on Schieffer has received virtually every award in broadcast the Cathedral Close and from the University of Virginia journalism, including seven Emmys and two Sigma Delta School of Law. Chi Awards. In 2002 the National Press Foundation recognized him as Broadcaster of the Year. He has been named to the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and in 2009 was honored with the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award in Broadcast Journalism. Washington National Cathedral is a church for national purposes called to embody God’s love and to welcome people of all faiths and perspectives. A unique blend of the spiritual and the civic, this Episcopal cathedral is a voice for generous-spirited Christianity and a catalyst for reconciliation and interfaith dialogue to promote respect and understanding. We invite all people to share in our commitment to create a more hopeful and just world. For additional information about the Cathedral and a full calendar of events and programs, visit www.nationalcathedral.org. massachusetts and wisconsin avenues, nw • washington, dc 20016 (202) 537-6200 • www.nationalcathedral.org.
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