<img width="235" height="200" alt="2013crifostatedeptPromo235px" src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/2013crifostatedeptPromo235px.jpg" class="FloatRight">On <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, February 14th, 2013</span>, Deputy Director, Bureau of Near East Affairs’ Office of Public Diplomacy for the U.S. State Department Mario Crifo will speak in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Barrister’s Club</span> on Widener Law’s Delaware campus <span style="font-weight: bold;">at noon</span>.<br><br>The event, “U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Focus on Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE,” is being sponsored by the <a title="Delaware Chapter of People to People International" href="http://ptpde.org/">Delaware Chapter of People to People International</a>, <a title="World Trade Center Delaware" href="http://www.wtcde.com/">World Trade Center Delaware</a>, and Widener University School of Law. The forum will consist of a thirty-minute interview session with Mr. Crifo followed by a question and answer session with the audience.<br><br>A veteran U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Mario Crifo has extensive experience managing security and development assistance projects in the Middle East. He has previously served in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, and Yemen.<br><br>The program is free and open to the public. Interested parties should <span style="font-weight: bold;">RSVP</span> to <a href="mailto:ptpde@ptpde.org">ptpde@ptpde.org</a>.<br><br><a href="/About/standarddisclaimer.aspx">Standard Disclaimer for External Links</a><br>