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BEING FRANK: Congressman Barney Frank

Date:

Thursday January 7, 2010
7:30pm

Venue:

Temple Israel
477 Longwood Avenue, Boston

 BEING FRANK: Congressman Barney Frank

THE BARNEY FRANK EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEUDLED FOR JANUARY 7,2009

Tickets for tonight's Barney Frank conversation are no
longer available online or by phone.
A very limited number of tickets
will be on sale at the door beginning at 6 p.m.

Congressman Barney Frank joins David Gergen for a revealing conversation about his life and career, from his Jewish childhood to gay rights to the current financial crisis and its aftermath. Renowned for his straight talk and witty one-liners; Frank is one of the most influential members of Congress, where has played a leading role in debates on civil rights, abortion, military spending, and other issues since 1981. Most recently, Frank has been at the center of the federal government’s efforts to respond to collapse of Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and other financial companies. Author of the book Speaking Frankly, he is also the subject of several others, most recently, Stuart Weisberg’s Barney Frank: The Story of America’s Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman.

In conversation with David Gergen, one of the nation’s leading political analysts and journalists. A White House advisor to four presidents, he is a professor at the Kennedy School of Government, the author of Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton, and a frequent political commentator on television.

 

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