“Breaking Washington’s Deadlock”
Welcome and Introduction:
• The Honorable David M. Abshire, President & CEO, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, Former Ambassador to NATO, 1983-1987
Moderator:
• Carl Cannon, Senior Washington Correspondent, PoliticsDaily.com and Author of Reagan's Disciple: George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy
Prosperity or Decline? Breaking Washington's Deadlock/To Save America's Future
PANEL 1: Challenges to Our Fiscal/Economic Future and Overcoming Partisanship in
Washington
Keynote Speaker and Panelist:
• The Honorable David Walker/President & CEO, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Former Comptroller General
Panelists:
• The Honorable Norman Augustine/Former CEO, Lockheed Martin, Co-Chair, Rising Above the Gathering Storm
• The Honorable Carla Hills/Chair & CEO, Hills & Company, Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Former U.S. Trade Representative
• The Honorable C. Fred Bergsten/President, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Former Assistant Secretary of Treasury