Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and a U.S. foreign policy critic, will speak at the Atlanta Friends Meetinghouse, 701 West Howard Ave., Decatur 30030, May 2, at 7 pm, on the topic “How to Stop Endless War: Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Beyond.”

McGovern spent 27 years as a CIA intelligence officer and served presidents from John F. Kennedy to George H.W. Bush. He was one President Ronald Reagan’s intelligence briefers from 1981-1985, said Ann Mauney of the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition/Atlanta, which is sponsor the event.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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