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The Obama Experiment: Will It Work and What Does It Mean?
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From the start, President Barack Obama has pursued an ambitious agenda that aims for monumental change. He wants to transform health care, energy and the economy. His stimulus package spends hundreds of billions of dollars into everything from education to high speed trains. He wants a new voice for America's foreign policy. What do these changes mean for America's future? How will the Obama plan change the issues Americans care about? What are the political implications and how will it affect the 2010 midterm elections? One of America's most experienced political journalists, Frank Sesno, looks at the "Obama era" and what it means for the country. Frank's Washington reporting has spanned three decades. He has interviewed five Presidents. He's seen both scandal and breaktrhough from the inside. In this honest, humorous, yet respectful talk, Sesno outlines Obama's policy prescriptions, assesses his prospects and considers whether this aggressive agenda is what America needs to get it through these turbulent times.
A Climate for Energy: Addressing the World’s Energy Future
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What do political, economic and technological trends suggest for America's energy future? Frank Sesno has interviewed corporate and political leaders, made documentaries and reported from around the world on global energy issues. In this speech, he discusses the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead given the economic, security and environmental issues that drive the energy debate. With the Obama administration vigorously pursuing energy alternatives, green jobs and competitiveness, this is a unique moment in more than three decades of debate over America's energy policy. Sesno puts all the issues in context by assessing the popular and political landscape. One of the world’s most experienced and thoughtful journalists, he looks ahead to changes in the marketplace and the public attitudes and behavior that are likely to change the way we do business.
Experienced Moderator
Few people are as accomplished or experienced at the art of moderating discussions and debates as Frank Sesno, who combines broad expertise, genuine curiosity, warmth and humor as he draws out guests and panelists. As an interviewer, anchor, talk show host and public event moderator in forums around the world, Frank Sesno has engaged some of the world’s leading personalities on topics ranging from world affairs to business, politics to medical breakthrough, bioterrorism to globalization. He has conducted one-on-one public conversations with such diverse personalities as Jack Welch, Madeleine Albright and Yasser Arafat. He has interviewed five American Presidents: George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. Sesno’s goal is to bring out the best, most interesting facets of people, and to create a memorable and informative relationship with the audience.
About Frank Sesno
» Meet Frank Sesno
A renowned journalist who has covered some of the biggest world events of the last three decades, Frank Sesno has a reputation for fairness and integrity that few can match.
One of the world’s most-experienced journalists, Frank Sesno provides an intriguing perspective into how today’s constantly changing headlines will affect you. With unparalleled insight and signature wit, he’ll tell you what issues are really at stake for the future including a look at the Obama Administration and the 2010 midterm elections. Sesno is the director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University where he lead a public affairs project called Planet Forward, an innovative, viewer-driven PBS program and website focusing on energy, climate and sustainability issues. Planet Forward is one aspect of Sesno’s recent work involving environmental issues including the CNN documentary We Were Warned: Out of Gas and a PBS series called Fueling the Future. Previously, Sesno served as CNN’s Washington bureau chief where he was responsible for the network’s largest newsgathering operation—encompassing the White House, Congressional and Pentagon operations and on-air political reporting.
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