9/11 Symposium

Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11

John Hursey, North Dakota Director, TSA • TSA – Then and Now

Tim Purdon, United States Attorney for the State of North Dakota • Partnering with Communities to Prevent Violent Extremism

Martin Loken, Consul General, Canada; Simon Cordery, Ph.D., Monmouth College • How Our Allies See the War on Terror

Manochehr Dorraj, Ph.D., faculty at Texas Christian University • US-Muslim Relations Abroad and at Home Since 9/11

Major General David Sprynczynatyk, Adjutant General of the N.D. National Guard • ND National Guard Transformation

Geoffrey Wawro, author of Quicksand and faculty at University of North Texas • The War on Terror – Progress and Pitfalls

MSGT Mike Carswell, USAF • America’s Troops’ Morale: Coping with PTSD in Post-9/11

Gerard Jacobs, Ph.D., faculty at University of South Dakota • National Trauma

Chris Bailey, faculty at National Intelligence University • Issues in US Intelligence

Peter Bergen, CNN producer, author, and interviewer of Osama bin Laden moderated by Chuck Roberts, retired CNN journalist

Lorry Fenner, Ph.D., director, National Defense University and 9/11 Commission staff member • The 9/11 Commission Report

Live reports from Ground Zero, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania with music by Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra Trio

Sen. Kent Conrad, Sen. John Hoeven, Gov. Jack Dalrymple, Lt. Gov Drew Wrigley, Earl Pomeroy

Thomas Frank, author, What’s Wrong with Kansas • Heartland Populism Left and Right

Chuck Roberts, longest serving CNN Headline News anchor • The Biggest News Story of My Career

Jenette Nelson (mother of Ann who died in WTC); Marcel Sim (Ground Zero paramedic) • Remembering Those Who Were Lost

Lt. Col. Dean Eckmann, North Dakota Air National Guard • Happy Hooligans and 9/11

Keynote • General Charles Wald, (USAF, retired) • Leadership Perspectives: Insights on America’s Response to 9/11