February 17th-19th, 2010 - United States Air Force Academy
February 17th-19th, 2010 - United States Air Force Academy
February 17th-19th, 2010 - United States Air Force Academy
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MiChael weinStein<br />
Founder, The Military Religious Freedom Foundation<br />
Speake rs<br />
Michael L. “Mikey” Weinstein is Founder and President of the <strong>2010</strong> Nobel Peace Prize-nominated<br />
Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a non-profit charity representing over 16,000 active duty <strong>United</strong><br />
<strong>States</strong> marines, sailors, soldiers, airmen, cadets, midshipmen, reserve personnel, national guardsmen and<br />
veterans; 96% of whom are Christians. Mikey is a 1977 Honor Graduate of the <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong><br />
<strong>Academy</strong> and a former <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> Judge Advocate. Former positions include Assistant General Counsel<br />
of the Executive Office of the President of the <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> in the Reagan White House and former<br />
General Counsel for two-time Presidential candidate and Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot. Described by<br />
Harper’s Magazine as “the Constitutional conscience of the military,” Mikey is the recognized civil rights<br />
leader of the national movement to restore the obliterated wall separating church and state in the most<br />
technologically lethal organization ever created by humankind: our honorable and noble <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong><br />
armed forces.<br />
“Quis Custodiet lpsos Custodes: Who Will Guard the Guards?” - What must military officers<br />
be prepared to do to exercise leadership excellence in their role as the most trusted guardians of our<br />
nation’s most cherished Constitutional freedoms?<br />
Friday, 10:40 am, Arnold Hall Banquet Room<br />
the honoraBle heather wilSon<br />
Former Member of Congress, New Mexico<br />
For 10 years, Congresswoman Heather Wilson helped shape key legislation that cemented our national<br />
security, improved our domestic energy policy, and reformed American healthcare. A senior member<br />
of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on<br />
Intelligence – and the only female veteran in Congress – she was also one of the top House members on<br />
the topics of Medicaid and Medicare, energy, and national security. House Republican leaders frequently<br />
turned to her because of her ability to effectively and passionately communicate why reform matters<br />
to people. A recipient of numerous public service awards for protecting taxpayers and promoting free<br />
enterprise, Wilson received Distinguished Public Service Awards from the CIA and the Director of<br />
National Intelligence upon her retirement from the Congress. Wilson is a 1982 graduate of the US <strong>Air</strong><br />
<strong>Force</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>, and the school’s first to serve in Congress.<br />
“Honorable Service: Leading with Integrity in American Politics” - Heather Wilson shares her<br />
reflections on integrity in politics – an oxymoron in the eyes of many Americans. During her ten<br />
years of service in the House of Representatives, Wilson voted on the impeachment of a President,<br />
demanded accountability for and compliance with the Geneva Conventions for abuse of prisoners at<br />
Abu Ghraib, led oversight on wiretapping of Americans, stood up to her own party leaders who wanted<br />
to change ethics rules to protect themselves, and survived six general elections in one of the toughest<br />
Congressional districts in the country. She shares her frank thoughts on honor<br />
and politics.<br />
Friday, 1:00 pm, H-1<br />
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