Lowell and Peter,

Thank you very much for hosting the panel discussion. The topics are critical and I appreciated comments from all of the panelists.

For your information, it might be interesting to see some of the raw data regarding the situation with Chinese students and scholars. It is a shame when we no longer can attract the best and the brightest, regardless of where they come from. The website I referred to is http://www.columbiachinese.org/

I'm delighted my colleague, Magid Shirzadegan, is a senator and is part of your on-going deliberations.

Again, many thanks for including us in this panel discussion and for caring about the issues as well as our important international community.

Ginny