Free Press advances 2015 Cohen Lecture

The Free Press reported the University of Maine will host “America’s Response to Global Instability,” a discussion by three top national security officials on how the U.S. government decides on courses of action. The talk, set for 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 at the Collins Center for the Arts, is the 10th in the William S. Cohen Lecture Series presented by UMaine’s Cohen Institute for Leadership and Public Service. Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen will be joined by Gen. Joseph Ralston, former supreme allied commander in Europe, and Ambassador Nicholas Burns, former under secretary of state for political affairs. Felicia Knight, president of The Knight Canney Group, will moderate the discussion. The talk is free and open to the public. To attend or request a disability accommodation, call 581.1153 or email umaineevents@maine.edu by Oct. 23.