Hillsdale College Hosts Eighth Annual Constitution Day Celebration
Two-day event gathers scholars and opinion leaders to discuss national policy issues
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, September 18, and Tuesday, September 19, Hillsdale College will host its eighth annual Constitution Day Celebration at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Washington, D.C. Monday's program will feature remarks from Larry P. Arnn, Hillsdale College president, and a speech from U.S. Senator Tom Cotton on the Immigration Act of 1965. On Tuesday, the College will host two roundtable discussions with notable scholars and feature a lecture on American foreign policy from Sebastian Gorka, former deputy assistant to the president.
All of Hillsdale's Constitution Day events are free and open to media with advance registration. For more information, visit the event's website here.
| WHEN: |
Monday, September 18, 2017 |
| 8 p.m. EDT – Remarks from Larry P. Arnn |
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| 8 p.m. EDT – Sen. Tom Cotton: "Reforming the Immigration Act of 1965" |
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| Tuesday, September 19, 2017 |
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| 9 a.m. EDT – Roundtable Discussion |
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| 10:30 a.m. EDT – Roundtable Discussion |
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| 12 p.m. EDT – Sebastian Gorka: "Principles of an America-First Foreign Policy" |
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| WHERE: |
Marriott Marquis |
| 901 Massachusetts Avenue N.W. |
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| Washington, D.C. 20001 |
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| WHO: |
Sen. Tom Cotton represents Arkansas in the U.S. Senate, where he serves on the Intelligence Committee, the Banking Committee as Economic Policy Subcommittee chair, and the Armed Services Committee as Air Land Power Subcommittee chair. Cotton is a decorated veteran of the U.S. Army, having served two active duty tours in Iraq. More information available here. |
| Sebastian Gorka is the former deputy assistant to President Donald Trump and the author of Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War. Gorka previously served as national security editor of Breitbart News Network and has worked for many years in counterterrorism and national security, including in positions at the Marine Corps University and The Institute of World Politics, among others. |
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| Roundtable Panelists |
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| Thomas G. West, Hillsdale College |
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| Patrick J. Deneen, University of Notre Dame |
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| Joshua Mitchell, Georgetown University |
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| Paul D. Moreno, Hillsdale College |
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| Christopher Demuth, Hudson Institute |
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| John Marini, University of Nevada - Reno |
Hillsdale College is an independent liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Founded in 1844, the College has built a national reputation through its classical liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 3.7 million. For more information visit hillsdale.edu.
SOURCE Hillsdale College
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