Iraq, Sudan and the World:
Reflections on a Career in Foreign Service

Ambassador Timothy M. Carney '66

Dinner and Talk

Wednesday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m.
 
Army Navy Country Club (Arlington)
1700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA

Directions and Parking | Registration | Questions?

Iraq and Sudan are in the news every day and we hear many opinions and concerns about them, but few people are better qualified to provide an enlightened viewpoint about both troubled countries than Ambassador Timothy Carney.

During a long career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Ambassador Carney earned a well deserved reputation for specializing in peacekeeping and stabilization in times of unrest. Following successive assignments as the last accredited U.S. Ambassador to Sudan and as Ambassador to Haiti, he retired from the Foreign Service in 2000, but continues to be called upon frequently for special assignments. In 2003 he served on the staff of Lt. Gen (Ret.) Jay Garner in Iraq as the senior authority in the Ministry of Minerals and Industry. He was sent back to Haiti in 2005 as Charge d'Affaires to help ensure stability during the Haitian elections. In early 2007 he returned to Iraq as coordinator for Economic Transition and later in the year he drew on his Sudan experience, including travels during photography for a book on Sudan, plus a series of interviews in order to prepare a special report on Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement for the United States Institute on Peace (http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr194.html).

Ambassador Carney's Foreign Service career included service during time of conflict in places such as Vietnam, Cambodia, South Africa, and Somalia, and he was a member of several UN Peacekeeping Missions. He has also served as Director for Asian Affairs on the National Security Council and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia. Since retiring and between special assignments he has consulted with industry on crisis response in various countries throughout the world and he has helped to prepare Army and National Guard units for deployment to Iraq. He and his wife, Victoria Butler, also found time to write a large illustrated book called "Sudan: The Land and the People" and he has appeared throughout the U.S. at numerous exhibitions of photos from the book.

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to gain an inside perspective on both Iraq and Sudan from one of our nation's most experienced diplomats.

The event will begin with registration at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. The formal presentation will begin during dessert at approximately 7:45 p.m. and there will ample time for questions and discussions.

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING

There are two entrances to the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington.

1. East Gate at 1700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA:
   Get on Army Navy Drive between I-395 and the Pentagon City Mall, heading west. The road turns southward a short distance west of Pentagon City. Watch carefully for the right turn into the Army Navy Country Club. You go under I-395 and directly through a gate with a sign saying you're entering the Club. The road winds up the hill through the golf course. The meeting is in the clubhouse to your left as you enter the parking area (the three-story building behind the flagpole).
2. West Gate at 2400 South 18th Street, Arlington, VA:
   Via Glebe Road: Take I-395 to Glebe Road, exit and go north. Just before the busy intersection of S. Walter Reed Drive and S. Glebe Road, make a right turn from Glebe Road onto S. 18th Street. Almost immediately, make a hard right, then a left, and follow S. 18th Street three blocks directly into the Club parking lot. The clubhouse is at the far end of the parking lot, behind the flagpole.

For further details and map see www.ancc.org. [Be sure to use directions for the Arlington location.]

REGISTRATION

The price of this event is $49 for members and up to 3 guests, and $64 for non-members.

Register online via SmarTrans at https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=21422&groupID=153.

Or register using the coupon below. Club Partners may register via e-mail to cjo@alum.mit.edu. Registrations must be received by April 3.

QUESTIONS?

The event chair is Dennis Kruse dkruse@alum.mit.edu or 703-836-6727. For registration questions please contact Cynthia O’Connell at cjo@alum.mit.edu or 202-657-2188.

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