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media@pnsr.org ADVISORY
David Egner Frances Hardin
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FOR RELEASE
Monday
Aug. 25, 2008

PROJECT ON NATIONAL SECURITY REFORM PARTICIPATES
IN DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS,
SPONSORS PANEL DISCUSSION SEPT. 4 IN ST. PAUL

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PNSR’s recently issued Preliminary Findings Report says that the national security system created in 1947 is outdated and needs a massive restructuring to better protect the American people from terrorism, rogue states and other 21st century dangers.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.

WHEN: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CDT, Thursday, Sept. 4

WHERE: St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce
401 North Robert St., Suite 150
St. Paul, Minn.

To RSVP for this event, please contact Jordan Smith at Jordan.smith@pnsr.org

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.