Waiving all fees, former US President Bill Clinton accepted our invitation to appear on the first Doha Debates Special on November 16th, 2005.

President Clinton sat for a short interview with internationally renowned journalist Tim Sebastian, chairman of the Doha Debates, and then took questions from the student audience.

The event focused on the demands of leadership, drawing out Clinton on a wide range of subjects, including the current U.S. involvement in Iraq, his own attempts at mediating Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and his decision to bomb Kosovo. He also talked about whether animosity generated by the invasion of Iraq made it impossible for the U.S. to play the role of peacemaker in the region.

For a write up of the Doha Debate Special with President Clinton,Click here

To read one student's impression of meeting President Clinton,Click here

To watch this debate, click here

To download as a podcast, click here

For the press release of the event, Click here

To read the full transcript of the event, Click here

To see the photo gallery of the event, Click here

For more information, please contact the Doha Debates team:thedohadebates@qf.org.qa