Presiding: GORDON H. “NICK” MUELLER, The National WWII Museum
Speaker: Ambassador CHAS. W. FREEMAN

      Ambassador Chas. W. Freeman is Chairman of the Board of Projects International, Inc., a Washingtonbased business development firm that specializes in arranging international joint ventures, acquisitions, and other business operations for its American and foreign clients. He also is President of the Middle East Policy Council, a position he has held since 1997, and is Co-Chair of the United States-China Policy Foundation, and Vice Chair of the Atlantic Council of the United States.
      Freeman is a former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1989–92), a position he held during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1993–94, he served as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Defense, earning the highest public service awards of the Department of Defense for his roles in designing a NATO -centered post-Cold War European security system and re-establishing defense and military relations with China.
      Freeman was Director for Chinese Affairs at the U.S. Department of State from 1979–1981, and was the principal American interpreter during President Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972.