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- Program
- Speaker Series
- Date
- Oct 13, 2013
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- Speakers
- Jack Abramoff, Ramesh Ponnuru, David Plouffe, Steve Schmidt, David Gregory, Amy Walter
Students joined the IOP at the "Politics: State of the Union" event at Chicago Ideas Week. In this talk, prominent newsmakers Jack Abramoff, David Gregory, Ramesh Ponnuru, Amy Water, Steve Schmidt and David Plouffe had a lively debate over issues of the day and analyzed our democracy at work.
- Jack Abramoff Lobbyist, Business, Central Figure in Jack Abramoff Indian Lobbying Scandal
- Ramesh Ponnuru Senior Editor, The National Review
- David Plouffe Former Senior White House Advisor, Former Campaign Manager, Obama for America
- Steve Schmidt Fall 2014 Pritzker Fellow, The University of Chicago Institute of Politics, Communications and Public Affairs Strategist
- David Gregory CNN Political Analyst
- Amy Walter Publisher and editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report, Member, The University of Chicago Institute of Politics Board of Advisors