May 21, 2008, Philadelphia, PA
Jonathan R. Weinberger served in 2007-08 as the Senior Counselor for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the U.S. Treasury. In this position, Mr. Weinberger served as Treasury´s representative to the Senior Interagency Strategy Team at the National Counterterrorism Center, a policy-making committee comprised of a senior representative from each agency in the Intelligence community. He was installed as Executive Secretary and Associate General Counsel for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in April 2008. In his capacity at Treasury, he managed and coordinated legal issues with respect to the Financial Action Task Force, the premier international body that combats money laundering and terrorist financing and served as senior liaison to the National Counterterrorism Center, NSC, and other interagency groups.
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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Reflections on the Arab Spring
Fouad Ajami
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Al Qaeda and Jihadi Movements After Bin Laden
Christopher Swift
Special Partner Event
The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al Qaeda
Peter Bergen
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