10 Years Later: How Safe are We?

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Thursday September 8, 2011
      6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Location: College of Management ~ LeCraw Auditorium
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  • URL: http://mgt.gatech.edu/
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Contact

Kristen Greig
Modern Languages
Contact Kristen Greig
404-894-7327

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Lecture with Marc Thiessen

Full Summary: To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the attacks of terror on 9/11/2001, come listen to Marc Thiessen discuss "10 Years Later: How Safe are We?".

To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the attacks of terror on 9/11/2001, come listen to Marc Thiessen discuss "10 Years Later: How Safe are We?".

Marc Thiessen's 15-year national security career has taken him from Capitol Hill to the Pentagon and the West Wing, where he served on the White House Senior Staff as chief speechwriter to President George W. Bush. His interviews with Senior Bush officials and CIA officials reveal the secrets and successes behind the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques that provided information pivotal to ensuring our national security. How vulnerable is our nation to another terrorist attack today?

Speaker bio:
Former Member of the White House Senior Staff, chief speechwriter to the President and Secretary of Defense Author, "Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe & How Barack Obama Is Inviting The Next Attack". Thiessen is a Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institution - National Security/Public Policy Expert.

NOTE: These events are sponsored by the Georgia Tech College Republicans, the Office of Diversity Programs, and Young America's Foundation. Please contact Kristen Greig with any questions.

Additional Information

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Groups

Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)

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Categories
Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
9/11, anniversary, Georgia Tech, Marc Thiessen, memorial, vigil
Status
  • Created By: Jene Gladstone
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Aug 29, 2011 - 8:00pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 9:55pm