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Mark S. Hanson
Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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ELCA Bishops John Schreiber, Mark Hanson,
Murray Finck and Bruce Burnside.
[not pictured: Bishop Dean Nelson] |
Warren Clark, CMEP Executive Director with
his predecessor, Corinne Whitlatch. |
Todd Deatherage, US Department of State,
spoke to the conference about the Bush
Administration's efforts in the MIddle East.
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Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland and
The Brookings Institution,
and Gary Sick, Gulf/2000 Project
addressed the regional Middle East context
for Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.
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Phil Wilcox moderated a panel dialogue with
Ziad Asali, American Task Force on Palestine
and Ori Nir, Americans for Peace Now.
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The conference lobby day began
with a Congressional Prayer Breakfast
hosted by
Representatives Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1)
and
David Price (NC-4).
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Bishop John Chane,
Episcopal Bishop of Washington,
offered a reflection during the
Congressional Prayer Breakfast. |
US House of Representatives Chaplain,
Rev. Daniel Coughlin, offered the opening
prayer
for the Congressional Prayer Breakfast.
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Archbishop Vicken Aykazian of the
Armenian Orthodox Church closed
the Congressional Breakfast with prayer.
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Representative Jeff Fortenberry |
The Rev. Canon Hosam Naoum, Acting Dean of
St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem;
Bishop John Chane, Episcopal Bishop
of Washington; Warren Clark ;
and Representative Chris Van Hollen (MD-8).
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