by Patrick Clawson
June 21, 2006/ Union League of Philadelphia
The Situation Reports on the War on Terrorism are sponsored by FPRI’s Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security. The Reports are held every two months and are free and open to the public. FPRI’s Center on Terrorism is supported by grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Patrick Clawson is Deputy Director of Research, Washington Institute for Near East Policy and co-author of Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos (Palgrave 2005). Dr. Clawson has written for newspapers and journals including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, International Journal of Middle East Studies. He has also testified before numerous congressional committees.
On November 15th at the FPRI annual dinner Fouad Ajami was presented with the Seventh Annual Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award. The event was attended by over 360 people.
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. was dinner chairman.

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