Date: Saturday, April 23, 2005

Time: 9:00am-5:00pm

Cost: $50.00

Includes Continental Breakfast, Admission to Conference events, and Buffet Reception with Cash Bar

The McLean Hilton - Tysons Corner, Virginia
7920 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102

Accommodations: Special McLean Hilton Hotel Room Rate: $95.00

Conference Agenda:

8:30-9:00 am
Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am Panel I:

Has the Invasion of Iraq Made America More Secure?

Frank Gaffney, President, Center for Security Policy

Michael Waller, Annenberg Professor, The Institute of World Politics

Michael C. Desch is Professor and Robert M. Gates Chair in Intelligence and National Security Decision-making at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University.

Patrick Buchanan, Chairman, The American Cause

10:30 am Panel II:

Has George Bush Made Americans More Secure, or Less Free?

Bob Barr, Former U.S. Representative

Jim Bovard, Author, Terrorism and Tyranny, Bush's Betrayal of American Conservatives

Terry Jeffrey, Editor, Human Events

Patrick J. Buchanan

12:00 pm Lunch Break

1:30 pm Keynote Speaker

Arnaud de Borchgrave, Editor-at-Large, United Press International

2:30 pm Panel III:

Is Democracy the Antidote for Islamic Terrorism?

Robert Novak, Nationally Syndicated Columnist

Michael Ledeen, National Review contributing editor, author of The War Against the Terror Masters. He is resident scholar in the Freedom Chair at the American Enterprise Institute.

Clifford D. May, is a former New York Times foreign correspondent, is the president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies a policy institute focusing on terrorism.

Patrick J. Buchanan

4:00 pm Cocktail and Buffet Reception featuring Kylie Harris