Thom Shanker, national security and foreign policy correspondent for the New York Times, will give a talk, titled "The Wars on Three Fronts: Iraq, the Pentagon, and Main Street," Mar. 8 at 4 p.m. in the Oak Lounge at Stanford University's Tresidder Memorial Union. The talk is this year's Drell Lecture, hosted by CISAC. It is free and open to the public.

Shanker joined the New York Times in 1997 and began covering the Pentagon in May 2001, four months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Previously, he was foreign editor and a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.

The annual Drell Lecture, named for CISAC co-founder Sidney Drell and endowed by Albert and Cicely Wheelon, traditionally addresses a current, critical national or international security issue with important scientific or technical dimensions.