Press Releases
Dubai Audience Engages Republican Representative Live From the Republican National Convention
September 2, 2008 – Following a live discussion last week from the Democratic National Convention, the U.S. Mission to the United Arab Emirates sponsored an Iftar and conversation with Mr. Steven Duffield, the Executive Director of the Republican Platform Committee, who spoke live from the floor of the Republican National Convention in Minnesota. Mr. Duffield has responsibility for the drafting of the national platform and management of the political process that leads to its adoption.
Hosted by the Dubai School of Government and also in association with the Dubai Press Club, the event allowed audience members in Dubai to engage Mr. Duffield on the specifics of the Republican Party’s 2008 policy platform, and on the Republican Party’s viewpoint on broader issues affecting the Middle East.
Following an Iftar to celebrate the second day of Ramadan, audience members questioned Mr. Duffield on the Republican Party’s views on U.S. dependence on foreign oil, U.S. – Middle East exchange programs, abortion, and how oil and gasoline prices are impacting the U.S. presidential elections. Participants also met with U.S. Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Martin Quinn, Consul General Paul Sutphin, Dubai School of Government Dean Dr. Tarik Yousef, and Executive Director of the Dubai Press Club, Maryam bin Fahad .
For more information on upcoming U.S. election events in the United Arab Emirates, please contact Bernadette Meehan, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate General Dubai, at meehanb@state.gov.
For more information on U.S. presidential elections, please click here.