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Thursday, April 29, 2010, 7:30 pm

           

A Symposium: Culture of Denial: Is our Government's Refusal to Admit Realities Harming Our Security?

FEATURING:
Maj. Gen. (RET) Paul Vallely, Stephen Coughlin and J.D. Hayworth

Our government, our judiciary and our military are in denial about some of the most basic threats faced by this country. This includes an unwillingness to recognize that successfully interdicting potential terrorist threats may involve, at certain times, the suspension of some civil liberties; the refusal to accept the reality of a home grown Jihadist menace in our midst; the insistence that our military and intelligence services do not need every tool available to them to thwart those pledged to our destruction and the resistance to accepting that it is Islamic teachings that drive terrorists around the world and not poverty nor American policies.

This fascinating panel, featuring a member of Congress, a former member of the military and a former member of the State Department, will offer a very clear perspective on where our government is going wrong in its understanding of the world and what we can doto educate it.

LOCATION: Skirball Cultural Center
2701 No. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles
TIME: 7:30 pm
Admission: $20.00

Attendance is open to the public. Please call the AFA office for further information at 310-444-3085.