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New York Times bestselling author T. Reid at BYU lecture March 30

The Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University will host New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid Wednesday, March 30, at 3 p.m. in 250 Spencer W. Kimball Tower.

Reid will lecture on his book, "The United States of Europe." This book discusses Europe's slow but continued political and economic success and its positioning as the next world power.

"The United States of Europe" is the book-of-the-semester at the Kennedy Center.

Reid is The Washington Post's Rocky Mountain bureau chief. Previously he was the bureau chief in London and in Tokyo. He has covered the U.S. Congress, national politics and four presidential campaigns for the Post.

He is the author of three books in Japanese and five in English, including, "The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution."

This lecture will be archived online. For more information, contact Lee Simons at the David M. Kennedy Center (801) 422-2652.

Writer: Lee Simons

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