AMBASSADOR DAVID ABSHIRE WILL SPEAK AT U.VA.

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 19 -- Former NATO ambassador
David Abshire, founder and president of the Center for Strategic and
International Studies, will speak at the University of Virginia on
Friday, April 19, at 8 p.m. in Jefferson Hall.
	Abshire, whose lecture is sponsored by U.Va.'s Jefferson
Literary and Debating Society, is co-author of the newly released
book, "Putting America's Home in Order:  The Nation as a Family,"
which examines the challenges facing American government.  The book
offers analysis of the problems in America's leadership and calls
for a renewal of character, strategic direction and vision.  Other
subjects of discussion include tax law, the legislative process and
the budgetary cycle.
	Abshire is a former U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO).  During his years of government service,
Abshire received the Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest
Defense Department's civilian award.  The West Point graduate has
also served as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional
Relations (1958-60) and as special counselor to the president
(1987).  
	Abshire received a doctorate in history from Georgetown
University, where he was an adjunct professor for several years.
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April 18, 1996
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