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<DIV>See I'm still listed as a discussant for this event. I would love to be there but am now in Seoul and remaining here until March so regretfully will have to miss this one.</DIV>
<DIV>You have a great program as always. </DIV>
<DIV>Best for the lunar New Year,</DIV>
<DIV>Don<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> ICAS <icas@icasinc.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> korean studies <koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, February 3, 2010 2:00:17 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [KS] from Sang Joo Kim: The Korean Peninsula Issues: ICAS Winter Symposium: February 12, 2010, Capitol Hill, Washington DC<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=-1>Chair</FONT> : <FONT size=-1>Synja P Kim</FONT> (<FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color=#000000><FONT size=-1><I><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICAS</FONT></I> Fellow, President and Chairman)</FONT></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color=#000000> </FONT><BR></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color=#000000><FONT size=-1>Moderator: Sang Joo Kim </FONT><FONT size=-1> (<I><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICAS</FONT></I> Sr Fellow & Executive Vice President)</FONT></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color=#000000> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color=#000000> <FONT size=-1><U><BR><BR>Speakers</U></FONT> </FONT>
<BR><BR>Bruce Bechtol <FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <FONT size=-1>(</FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=-1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></SPAN></SPAN><SMALL><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><SMALL><I><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICAS</FONT></I> Fellow; Professor of International Relations, Marine Corps
Command and <FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> Staff College; </FONT></SMALL></SPAN></SPAN></SMALL></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="http://www.icasinc.org/2010/2010b/b100106a.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow>www.icasinc.org/2010/2010b/b100106a.html</A>)</FONT><BR><FONT size=-1><SMALL><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></SPAN></SPAN></SMALL></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1><SMALL><SMALL> </SMALL></SMALL></FONT> <U>The North Korean Military Threat: Paper Tiger or Ongoing Menace</U>?<U><I><FONT
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><BR></FONT></I></U><BR>James Carafano <FONT size=-1> (<A href="http://www.icasinc.org/bios/carafano.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Carafano, James J.</A>; </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1>Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation</FONT><FONT size=-1>)</FONT><BR> <SMALL> <U><FONT size=+1><SMALL>Protecting America from Nukes and Missiles</SMALL></FONT></U></SMALL><BR><BR>Sydney Seiler <FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1>(</FONT><FONT size=-1><A
href="http://www.icasinc.org/bios/seilersa.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Seiler, Sydney A.</A></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1>; Deputy North Korea Mission Manager, <BR> Office of Director of National Intelligence) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=-1> </FONT><FONT color=#ff0000><U>State of North Korea</U></FONT><FONT size=-1><U><BR></U></FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </FONT></B><FONT size=-1><U><BR>Discussants</U></FONT>
<STRONG> </STRONG><FONT size=-1>Tong Kim</FONT> <STRONG> </STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1> (<I><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICAS </FONT></I>Fellow; </FONT><FONT size=-1><A href="http://www.icasinc.org/bios/kim_tong.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Kim, Tong)</A></FONT> <B>
</B><FONT size=-1>Don Kirk </FONT> <FONT size=-1> (<I><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICAS </FONT></I>Fellow; <A href="http://www.icasinc.org/bios/kirk_don.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Kirk, Donald</A></FONT><FONT size=-1>) </FONT> <B> </B><FONT size=-1>Michael Marshall</FONT> <FONT size=-1> (Editor-in-Chief, United Press International; <A href="http://www.icasinc.org/bios/marshall.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Marshall, Michael</A>) </FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1>David Maxwell (</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1><I><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICAS </FONT></I>Fellow</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1>; </FONT><FONT size=-1><A href="http://www.icasinc.org/bios/maxwelld.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Maxwell, David S.)</A></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1><BR></FONT><FONT size=-1>Larry Niksch</FONT><B> </B> <FONT size=-1> (<I><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICAS</FONT></I> Fellow; <A href="http://www.icasinc.org/bios/niksch_l.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Niksch, Larry</A>)</FONT><BR><STRONG></STRONG><FONT size=-1>(list in formation)</FONT>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><STRONG></STRONG> <BR> <FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </FONT><I><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> <U><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICAS</FONT> </FONT></U></FONT></I><U><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=-1>Youth Leadership Training Conference 2010</FONT></U><BR> <FONT size=-1> </FONT><B><FONT size=-1> </FONT></B><FONT size=-1><A href="http://www.icasinc.org/2009/2009b/b090928a.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow></A></FONT><B><FONT size=-1>
</FONT></B><FONT size=-1>March 30, 2010 Tuesday Washington DC</FONT><B><BR> </B><BR><STRONG></STRONG><FONT size=-1></FONT><FONT size=-1> *as a public service <I>pro bono publico</I> <BR>**<I><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICAS</FONT></I> designates this educational activity </FONT><FONT size=-1>for continuing education/professional development</FONT><FONT size=-1> </FONT><FONT size=-1>for a maximum of 3:50 hours credit commensurate with the extent of actual participation. </FONT><FONT size=-1>
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