Experts lack easy answers

Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007 | 1:13 a.m.

The next president will have to grapple with daunting geopolitical challenges in the Middle East, Far East, Russia and other hot spots while trying to enhance America's tarnished international reputation, foreign policy experts from past Republican and Democratic administrations told a Las Vegas audience last week.

At a forum at UNLV Friday hosted by the Brookings Institution, a respected Washington think tank, in partnership with ABC News, panelists discussed some of the major national security and foreign policy issues that will confront the next president. The Sun cosponsored the event. Sun editor Brian Greenspun is a Brookings trustee.

The discussion was moderated by David Chalian, political director of ABC News. A transcript of the forum, edited for space, is available as a PDF by clicking below:

Click here for part one of the transcript.

Click here for part two of the transcript.

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