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Los Angeles World Affairs Council

The Los Angeles World Affairs Council , the Los Angeles office within the national network of World Affairs Councils of America, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization which arranges speaker events,[http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53628#.Vw6CD-ZHOlo "‘If we work and build together,’ a more sustainable world will be a safer world, Ban says in California"]. United Nations website. debates, seminars, and film screenings with international themes. Wikipedia*

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Los Angeles World Affairs Council has hosted 19 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1991 Forum. The year with the most events was 1999 with four events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2010 with an average of 4,696 views per video. Most appearances with J. Curtis Mack (3), Diane Glazer (3), Caroline Ahmanson (2). Most common tags: American Perspectives, Journalism.

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    Conversation with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

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    Man of Tomorrow

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    Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad

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