MEDIA ADVISORY
ATTENTION: National politics economic and foreign policy

WHAT: The University of California, Berkeley's 30th annual Presidential Symposium, co-sponsored by the Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service and by UC Berkeley Extension, will explore the presidency of Barack Obama halfway through his term.

WHO: Panelists will include:

• Claudia Anderson, managing editor of the Weekly Standard
• Daniel J. Balz, national political writer for the Washington Post
• Ann M. O'Leary, executive director of the Center on Health, Economic and Family Security at the UC Berkeley School of Law
• Jack Pitney, Roy. P. Crocker Professor of American Politics, Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif.

WHEN: 7:30-9 p.m. Monday (March 14)

WHERE: Stanley Hall, Room 105, at the northeast edge of campus. See a map at http://berkeley.edu/map/. 

DETAILS: The event will be webcast at a later date. A webcast of the 2010 presidential assessment is available at http://politics.berkeley.edu/ann_review_pres10.html, and the 2009 recap of Obama's first three months in office is online at http://politics.berkeley.edu/ann_review_pres09.html.

The Matsui Center is part of UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies.