Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture: A Conversation with Bertie Ahern

Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture

Bertie Ahern, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland, discuss the peace process with Northern Ireland and its relations with the rest of Europe in his Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture.

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