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2017 Texas National Security Forum
October 12 - October 12, 2017 | 8:00:00 | Etter-Harbin Alumni Center, Connally Ballroom
On Thursday, October 12, 2017, the Robert Strauss Center, Clements Center for National Security, and the Intelligence Studies Project held the fourth annual Texas National Security Forum at The University of Texas at Austin.
The forum, “Alliances and Partnerships in American National Security,” featured keynote remarks by The Honorable Michael Pompeo, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. We were also joined by an array of experts for four panel discussions on defense, intelligence, diplomacy, and international financial policy. The full agenda can be viewed below.
This event was co-sponsored by the Texas National Security Network, Stratfor, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
The transcript of Michael Pompeo’s Keynote Address can be accessed here.
Photos of the conference can be accessed here.
Click here for the complete agenda of the event, and here for speaker bios.
Media Coverage:
- CIA Director Discusses International Threats at UT (Spectrum News Austin)
- CIA Director Lashes Out at Iran’s ‘Despotic Theocracy’ (Newsmax)
- CIA Director Michael Pompeo speaks at UT National Security Forum (KXAN)
- CIA’s Pompeo calls out WikiLeaks at UT; Assange responds via Twitter (Austin American-Statesman)
- CIA Director Pompeo Lashes Out at Iran, Compares It to ISIS (NBC News)
- CIA Director talks about North Korea, Security Issues at UT campus (San Antonio Express News)
- CIA Director talks WikiLeaks, North Korea at UT Austin Campus (Houston Chronicle)
- Hawks top doves in political war over Iran deal (The Hill)
- Pompeo Slams Iran as ‘Despotic Theocracy,’ Alleges Drive for ‘Hegemonic Power’ (Sputnik)
- Pompeo Slams Iran at National Security Forum as Thuggish Police State’ (The Washington Free Beacon)
- Trump lays out New Iran Strategy Friday, complicating European Ties (Reuters)
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