WHO:             Lee Hamilton, co-chairman of the U.S. Energy Department’s Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future

WHERE:       Houston Hall, Hall of Flags, 3417 Spruce St., Philadelphia

WHEN:             2- 3 p.m. Friday, March 25  

For more than 40 years, Hamilton has been an important voice on international relations and American national security. He currently co-chairs the U.S. Energy Department’s Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future.

Previously, he was president of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. He served Indiana as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1999, where his chairmanships included the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In his post-Congressional career Hamilton was the vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission.

His talk, which is free and open to the public, is co-sponsored by Penn’s Fels Institute of Government and the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics.

Additional information is available at http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/news/lee_hamilton_event.html.