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National Security Seminars
Our National Security Seminars offer selected Hill staffers, alumni of our leadership development programs, and members of the Truman community the chance for high-level dialogue and off-the record sessions with national security, military, and political experts. These Seminars provide deep background on the issues that matter, with polling and political messaging advice.
Most of our seminars are off-the-record; those on-the-record can be viewed at:
http://fora.tv/partner/Truman_National_Security_Project
Seminar: Thursday, April 4, 6-7 pm
Congressman Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional district, speaking on his new book Taking the Hill: From Philly to Baghdad to the U.S. Congress.
Rep. Murphy was raised in a tough, but loving, blue collar neighborhood, grew out of a scrappy childhood to become a community college student and then an army officer, lawyer, and the youngest professor at West Point. He served in Iraq as a captain in the 82nd Airborne 'All-Americans' where he earned a Bronze Star for service, and successfully prosecuted one of Muqtada al-Sadr's top lieutenants. Returning from Iraq with a determination to help change the direction of this country, Murphy, a political novice, ran a grassroots campaign narrowly defeating freshman incumbent Mike Fitzpatrick in one of the nation’s most closely watched races in 2006.
On-the-record seminars include:
Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, speaking on his new book, The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World.
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The Honorable Dr. Wendy Sherman, former General Counsel of the State Department and North Korea Policy Coordinator for the Clinton Administration, discusses North Korean and Iranian nuclear issues.
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Jon Soltz, Iraq War veteran and Executive Director of VoteVets.org, speaking on progressive outreach to the military
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Ambassador Martin Indyk, Director, and Ken Pollack, Director of Research, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy speaking on Iraq and the Greater Middle East
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Jeremy Rosner, Vice-President of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, presenting National Security Polling for the 110th Congress
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Rachel Kleinfeld, Executive Director of the Truman National Security Project, provides a Progressive Framework for National Security.
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Noted authors Peter Beinart, Editor of The New Republic and Michael Tomasky, Editor of The American Prospect debate Progressive National Security Grand Strategy
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