A retired senior Pentagon official responsible for United States security in the Asia-Pacific region makes a visit to the state Feb. 22 as a guest of Jackson State and Mississippi State universities.

Kurt M. Campbell will discuss foreign policy and security challenges of the Bush administration at a 9:45 a.m. public program in Room 114 of the J.H. Jackson School of Education Building at Jackson State University. His remarks will be simultaneously broadcast to teleconferencing facilities at 138B McCool Hall on the Starkville campus and the Multi-Purpose Room at MSU-Meridian.

Following the presentation, Campbell will answer questions from audiences at all three locations.

Campbell is a former assistant secretary of defense who now serves as senior vice president of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Strategic and International Services. During his time at the Pentagon, he helped develop a framework for the current U.S.-Japan security initiative.

For more information on Campbell's visit, telephone 325-8406 or e-mail jr1@ra.msstate.edu.