Margaret Beckett, the foreign minister of the United Kingdom, will speak at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on Monday, July 10 at 11 a.m. Her lecture topic will be “Globalization and Security.” Beckett is making her first official visit to Washington, D.C., as Britain’s new foreign minister. She became the first woman foreign secretary after the Cabinet reshuffle of May 2006. Previously she was U.K. Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The event, which is open to the public, will be held in Kenney Auditorium located on the first floor of the school’s Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C. Members of the public should RSVP to saisalum@jhu.edu or 202.663.5636. Members of the media who want to cover this event should contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or fklubes@jhu.edu.
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