Representatives of the nonpartisan Project on National
Security Reform (PNSR) are meeting with delegates and representatives of the
presidential candidates at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
to discuss the need to overhaul the
U.S. national security system.
PNSR’s recently issued Preliminary Findings Report says that
the national security system created in 1947 is outdated and needs a massive
restructuring to better protect the American people from terrorism, rogue
states and other 21st century dangers. A news release on the report and the
report itself can be found at http://www.pnsr.org/web/module/press/pressID/106/interior.asp
PNSR Director of Political and Legal Affairs Job C. Henning
and Congressional Liaison Steven J. Nider arrived at the Democratic Convention
in
Denver on
Monday to begin discussions of PNSR’s findings with delegates and the Obama
campaign. Henning and Nider are available for media interviews by contacting
the PNSR Public Affairs Office at the numbers and e-mail address at the top of
this advisory.
Henning and Nider will conduct similar meetings at the
Republican National Convention in
St.
Paul,
Minn., next
week. They will also host a panel discussion with U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.)
and Hudson Institute CEO and PNSR Guiding Coalition member Ken Weinstein for
delegates and others on Thursday, Sept. 4 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. CDT. The discussion,
which will be open to the media, is co-sponsored with the American Security Project.
Here are details of the Sept. 4 panel discussion:
WHO:
U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) and
Hudson Institute CEO Ken Weinstein.
WHAT:
Presidential Management of the
National Security System in the 21st Century.
PNSR is funded by Congress, foundations and corporations to
carry out a comprehensive examination of the
U.S. national security system. It
is expected to produce a series of reforms for consideration by the next
administration. PNSR is located within the Center for the Study of the
Presidency, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization and co-sponsor of the Iraq
Study Group.
The American Security Project is a nonprofit, bipartisan
public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and
understanding of a range of national security issues, promoting debate about
the appropriate use of American power, and cultivating strategic responses to
21st century challenges.
