On October 30th the Institute for Democracy and Development and the Center for Asian Democracy sponsored a lecture by Ambassador Alphonse F. La Porta, President of the United States-Indonesia Society.  Ambassador Alphonse F. La Porta assumed the presidency of The United States-Indonesia Society on April 1, 2004.  Previously, Mr. La Porta served as the Political Advisor to the U.S. Commander-in-Chief of the Regional Headquarters Allied Forces in southern Europe from January 2001 to November 2003.  Mr. La Porta was the U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia from December 1997 to November 2000.