Published Thursday, November 05, 2009 6:05 AM

Foreign relations expert to lecture

Eagle Staff Report

A limited number of free tickets are available for a lecture by the president of the Council on Foreign Relations at 6 p.m. Nov. 12 at Texas A&M University.

Richard Haass also will conduct a question-and-answer session and sign copies of his book War of Necessity, War of Choice, about the nation's two wars in Iraq.

Tickets are available at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, the Memorial Student Center Box Office, the Bryan-College Station Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Eagle, KBTX and WTAW. Call 862-2251 for more information.

Before leading the nonpartisan think tank, Haass served as a principal adviser on foreign policy issues to former Secretary of State Colin Powell and as a U.S. coordinator for policy toward Afghanistan.

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