Spring-Summer 2015
John Boehner, Toastmaster

April 15: Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, on why Congress should oppose U.S. policy in Latin America.

May 8: Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine, on why Congress should oppose U.S. policy in eastern Europe.

June 12: Francois Hollande, president of France, on why Congress should oppose U.S. policy in western Europe.

July 21: Park Geun-hye, president of the Republic of Korea, on why Congress should oppose U.S. policy in Asia.

August 11: Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel (return engagement by popular demand) on why Congress should oppose U.S. policy in [TBA].

Sound bite to remember

“Partisan politics stops at the water’s edge.”

–Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee / 1947