AIJAC guest Dr Matthew Levitt in the media

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AIJAC guest Dr Matthew Levitt in the media

December 18, 2017

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Dr Matthew Levitt, the Director of The Washington Institute’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, recently completed a successful visit to Australia and New Zealand as a guest of AIJAC.

In addition to briefing politicians, think tanks and law enforcement officials, Dr Levitt’s busy schedule also included several media appearances, which can be streamed below.

Australia

• Interview with Chris Smith on Radio 2GB

• Interview with Beverley O’Connor on ABC News 24 (TV) The World

• Interview with Nick Grimm on ABC Radio National The World Today

• Interview on Sky News (TV) Paul Murray Live (audio only), starts at 1:24:22

New Zealand

• Interview with Newsroom (text)

• Interview with Wendyl Nissen on RadioLive

• Interview with Jane Patterson of Radio NZ (text)

• Interview with Leighton Smith on Newstalk ZB

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