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                        Hon Philip S Goldberg</span></strong><br>
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                          style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
                          Korean Peninsula Issues and US National
                          Security</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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                          12pt;"><font size="4">Dear Friend: </font></span></font></font></p>
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                      style="font-size: 12pt;">We are pleased to share
                      with you that Ambassador Philip Goldberg will
                      address the virtual <em>ICAS</em> Fall Symposium<em>
                        Libertas </em>on September 13 2023 700 PM - 800
                      PM EDT Washington DC.</span></font><font
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                          Goldberg was confirmed by the US Senate as US
                          Ambassador to the Republic of Korea on May 5,
                          2022. He served until recently as US
                          Ambassador to Colombia. In 2018, Philip served
                          as <i>Charge d’affaires</i> at the US Embassy
                          in Havana, Cuba, followed by a year as a
                          Diplomat in Residence at Georgetown
                          University.From 2013-2016, Amb Goldberg served
                          as US Ambassador to the Philippines. Prior to
                          that assignment, he served as Assistant
                          Secretary of State for the Bureau of
                          Intelligence and Research (2010-2013); US
                          Ambassador to Bolivia (2006-2008); Chief of
                          Mission in Pristina, Kosovo (2004-2006); and <i>Charge
                            d’affaires</i> and Deputy Chief of Mission
                          in Santiago, Chile (2001-2004). From
                          2009-2010, Philip was coordinator for the
                          implementation of UN sanctions on North Korea.
                          His other overseas tours included Bogota,
                          Colombia, where he served as the Plan Colombia
                          coordinator, and Pretoria, South Africa.</font></p>
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                          was a senior member of the State Department
                          team handling the transition from the Clinton
                          to Bush administrations and served as acting
                          Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
                          Legislative Affairs (2000-2001) and Special
                          Assistant and Executive Assistant to Deputy
                          Secretary of State Strobe Talbott (1996-2000).
                          As the Bosnia Desk Officer and Special
                          Assistant to Amb Richard Holbrooke
                          (1994-1996), Philip was a member of the
                          American negotiating team in the lead-up to
                          the Dayton Peace Conference and Chief of Staff
                          for the American delegation at Dayton.</font></p>
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                          holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador,
                          the highest rank in the US Foreign Service. He
                          has received numerous awards, including
                          Presidential Distinguished and Meritorious
                          Service Awards; the Department’s Distinguished
                          Honor Award and the Silver Seal Medallion for
                          Meritorious Service in the US Intelligence
                          Community.</font></p>
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                        1101.71px;"><font color="#000000">Philip is a
                          native of Boston, Massachusetts, and a
                          graduate of Boston University. Before joining
                          the Foreign Service, he served as a liaison
                          officer between the government of the City of
                          New York and the United Nations and Consular
                          Community</font></p>
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                      Sang Joo Kim<br>
                                                           Senior Fellow
                      & Executive Vice President<br>
                                                           <em><span
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