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EVENT NEWS RELEASE / September 13, 2007

Annual Frank Church Conference at Boise State Looks at Issues Surrounding National Security

The 24th annual Frank Church Conference on Public Affairs will be held on the Boise State University campus on Wednesday, Oct. 3. This year’s conference, “Tipping Points: Presidents, the Constitution and National Security,” runs from 8:30 a.m-4 p.m. in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. Former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart will deliver the keynote address at 7:30 p.m. The conference and keynote address are free and open to the public; there is a charge for the luncheon address and a dinner with Sen. Hart.

Senator Gary Hart Click to Enlarge

Hart was co-chair of the U.S. Commission on National Security for the 21st Century and is currently Wirth Chair Professor at the University of Colorado, a Distinguished Fellow at the New America Foundation and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Academy of Sciences. Formerly, he was a member of the Senate Committee on Intelligence, chaired by Sen. Frank Church from 1975-1976.

Several speakers and panelists throughout the day will address the following topic: “Given the post-Sept. 11 world, how should presidents balance national security interests under the Constitution?” A morning panel will address presidents and national security, while an afternoon panel will discuss the Constitution and national security.

Principal speakers include:
• David Adler, professor of political science at Idaho State University and author of “American Constitutional Law,” “The Constitution and the Conduct of American Foreign Policy“ and “The Presidency and the Law: The Clinton Legacy.”
• Peter Jackson, founding member of the board of governors of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation and author of a recent article on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
• Thomas Moss, associate deputy attorney general for violent crime with the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. attorney for Idaho.
• Robert M. Pallitto, assistant professor of political science at Seton Hall University and author of “Presidential Secrecy and the Law.”
• Luncheon speaker Stephen Schlesinger, former director of the World Policy Institute at the New School and author of “Act of Creation: The Founding of the United Nations” and “Bitter Fruit: The Story of the U.S. Coup in Guatemala.”
• David Schmitz, Skotheim Chair of History at Whitman College and author of “The Triumph of Internationalism: Franklin D. Roosevelt and a World in Crisis” and “The Tet Offensive: Politics, War, and Public Opinion.”


For more information about the Frank Church Conference, contact Garry Wenske, executive director of the Frank Church Institute, at (208) 426-2941 or e-mail GarryWenske@boisestate.edu.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

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