Thursday, August 13, 2009, 7:30 to 9:30 PM
Guest Speakers: Dr. Betsy McCaughey & Raymond P. Martinez
Jul 27, 2009

Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' & Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Ave (btw 36th & 37th St)
Second Floor South Lounge

Guest Speaker Info:

Dr. Betsy McCaughey

Dr. Betsy McCaughey is an Adjunct Fellow with the Hudson Institute. Her areas of expertise are Health Care Policy, American Politics and Constitutional Law. She is founder and Chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) - a national campaign to support greater infection control in hospitals and other health care institutions. Her research on how to prevent infection deaths has been featured on ABC's Good Morning America, the CBS Morning Show, 20/20, Dateline NBC, and many other national television and radio programs. And her steps that patients can take to help protect themselves from infection was featured recently in the Wall Street Journal.

In 1994 Betsy McCaughey wrote an influential piece in The New Republic, which helped end the Democrat's nationalization of Healthcare. In 1994, she was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York alongside George Pataki on the Republican and Conservative lines. In 1998 McCaughey-Ross ran for governor on the Liberal Party line.

Since the re-introduction of the "Public Health Option" and other proposals, Betsy McCaughey has returned to the fight against nationalization of health care in a series of articles publications including Bloomberg.com, Investors Business Daily, The American Spectator, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post.

Raymond P. Martinez

Mr. Martinez oversees the visits of chiefs of state, heads of government and other international dignitaries who are in the United States to meet with the President, Vice President or Secretary of State. He also accompanies delegations representing the President at official ceremonies abroad.

Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Martinez served as New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under Governor George Pataki from December 2000 to December 2005; as Assistant General Counsel to the Long Island Power Authority; as Special Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff for the New York State Attorney General; and as an attorney in private practice.

Please RSVP to this meeting.

Afterwards, we will continue political discussions over food and drink at:
Margarita Murphy's
591 3rd Ave (btw 38th & 39th St)