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The Defense of the West

March 28, 1998

The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace
Yorba Linda, CA
Saturday, March 28, 1998

Introduction

Brian T. Kennedy, Conference Director

Welcoming Remarks

John Taylor, The Richard Nixon Library
Larry P. Arnn, President, The Claremont Institute

Keynote Address

Bruce Herschensohn, Distinguished Fellow, The Claremont Institute

Panel One: The Threat to California and the West

Chair: Mead Treadwell, The Institute of the North

Panelists:
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
Harold Rood, Claremont McKenna College
Daniel Fine, MIT
Daniel McMichael, The Carthage Foundation

Panel Two: How a Ballistic Missile Defense Would Protect America

Chair: Robert Pfaltzgraff, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis

Panelists:
Angelo Codevilla, Boston University
William Gertz, The Washington Times
Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy

Panel Three: The Failure of the ABM Treaty and the Future of a Ballistic Missile Defense

Chair: Patrick Parker, Naval Postgraduate School

Panelists: William Van Cleave, Southwest Missouri State University
Robert Jastrow, George C. Marshall Institute
William Lee, Defense Analyst
Bruce Herschensohn, Distinguished Fellow, The Claremont Institute