Press Release

For Immediate Release
4 February 2008

WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT DAVID SANGER TO ADDRESS ACTE GLOBAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Alexandria, Va. -- The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) announced today that David E. Sanger, The New York Times White House correspondent and author, will be a keynote speaker at the association’s Global Education Conference in Washington, D.C., 2008 May 18-20.

“We are extremely pleased to have someone with David Sanger’s journalistic pedigree at the ACTE Washington, D.C. Global Education Conference, “ Susan Gurley, ACTE Global Executive Director, said. “His political insight, especially during an election year, as well as his unique insider’s perspective on the White House and its foreign policy, are sure to make for an engaging and provocative session.”

For 24 years, Sanger has become one of the nation’s most lucid analysts of globalization, the rise of Asia and new economic competitors, nuclear proliferation, and the shifting forces affecting American power in the world.

Twice a member of Times reporting teams that won the Pulitzer Prize, Sanger has charted the arc of the Bush presidency, from 9/11 and the administration's internal battles, to its decisions to go into Iraq and Afghanistan, its visions of spreading democracy and the unexpected consequences of the ongoing war in Iraq.

Sanger began his journalism career as a business reporter, covering the early days of the personal computer industry and high technology. After working as the NYT’s bureau chief in Tokyo, Sanger took up the position of chief Washington economic correspondent, covering a series of global economic upheavals, from Mexico to the Asian economic crisis. In 1999, he was named one of the newspaper's senior writers and later that year became White House correspondent. His diplomatic reporting on Iraq and the rising Korea crisis won the Weintal Prize, one of the highest honors for foreign policy coverage.
 
Sanger’s engaging, articulate style has made him a regular on public affairs and news shows, including PBS' Washington Week in Review, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Charlie Rose, Face the Nation, and documentaries such as the Discovery/Times’ Nuclear Jihad, about the second nuclear age. Twice a week he delivers the Washington Report on WQXR, the radio station of The New York Times. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Sanger is a graduate of Harvard College.

His first book, The Inheritance: The World America Now Faces (Jan. ‘09), is an examination of the Bush administration’s legacy, its successes and failures, and the complex challenges facing the next president.

For information on the ACTE Global Education Conference in Washington, D.C., please use the following link: http://www.acte.org/events/washington_08/index.php.

ABOUT ACTE:
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) represents the global business travel industry through its international advocacy efforts, executive level educational programs, and independent industry research. ACTE's membership consists of senior travel industry executives from more than 80 countries representing the €200 billion business travel industry. With the support of sponsors from every major segment of the business travel industry, ACTE develops and delivers educational programs in key business centers throughout the world. ACTE has offices in Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, South Africa, and the United States. For more information on ACTE, please go to www.acte.org.

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