August 14 Speaker Forum

The nest New York Young Republican Club Speaker Forum will be on August 14, 2008.

Guest Speakers

Herbert London is president of the Hudson Institute, a world renown think-tank in Washington DC. He is currently on the Hudson Institute Board of Directors; the Board of Directors of the National Chamber Foundation; the Board of Directors of the International Transportation Systems; the Board of Trustees for Merrill Lynch Assets Management, the Board of Directors of the National Association for Industry-Education Cooperation, to name only a few.

In 1989, Dr. London was one of the Republican candidates for Mayor of New York City. In 1990 he was the Conservative Party Candidate for Governor of New York garnering more votes than any third party candidate in the state's history. In 1994 he was the Republican Party candidate for New York State Comptroller losing in a close election.

His new book, just released, is, "American Secular Challenge."

Jason Riley is a member of the editorial board for The Wall Street Journal. He writes editorials on a variety of political and public policy issues, including economics, immigration, education and telecommunications.

In October 1994, Mr. Riley joined the Journal as a copyreader on the national news desk in New York. He moved to the editorial page in May 1995 and later became a copy editor for the page. In April 1996, he was named to the newly created position of editorial interactive editor and maintained the editorial and Leisure & Arts section of WSJ.com, the Journal’s online edition. He was named a senior editorial page writer in March 2000 and was appointed to his current position in November 2005.

Mr. Riley appears regularly on the Journal Editorial Report on Fox News. He’s also appeared on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Hannity and Colmes, Lou Dobbs, NPR and ABC’s World News Tonight.

He is the author of a book on U.S. immigration policy, "Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders,"

Please R.S.V.P. to this meeting/event.

Meeting Location

Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' & Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Ave (bet 36th & 37th St)
Second Floor South Lounge
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
It's summer. It's Hot. Be casual but please dress appropriate.



For After-politics Socializing
Come join us afterwards for drinks at:
Margarita Murphy's
591 Third Avenue
Between 38th and 39th streets

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