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Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920
cgonzal@unm.edu

Feb. 12, 2007

Reagan’s Star Wars Conspiracy Focus of Russian Studies Lecture

Russian Studies’ Forum on Russia and Eurasia presents a brown bag luncheon, “Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ Conspiracy: How America Stole Russia’s Attempt to Control Space,” featuring Nigel Hey, former senior administrator at Sandia National Laboratories and author of “The Star Wars Enigma: Behind the Scenes of the Cold War Race for Missile Defense,” on Wednesday, Feb. 14 from noon to 1 p.m. in Ortega Hall 335. This event is free and open to the public.

The UNM International Studies Institute and the College of Arts and Sciences are also event sponsors.

For more information, contact Byron Lindsey at bliny@unm.edu or 277-4771.

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