Selected Events 2008

Roundtable with German Non-Commisioned Officers in Leipzig

Consul General Mark Scheland (center) and the visitors in front of the consulate building

January 24, 2008. Briefings by Consulate Geneneral officers on the U.S. National Security Strategy have become a fixed element of the multi-week course for non-commissioned officers at the German Military (Bundeswehr) School in Delitzsch, Saxony. On January 24, twenty course participants and their instructor, all career military personnel of long experience, visited the Leipzig Consulate for a 90-minute roundtable discussion with Consul General Mark Scheland. Questions in the Q&A session focused on Afghanistan, 9/11 and U.S. Foreign Policy, the U.S. electoral process, climate and energy policy.