Speaker Pelosi and additional new speakers confirmed
The lineup of confirmed speakers for the briefing now includes:
Sen. Bob Casey (D), Pennsylvania Senator
Michael Steele, Republican National Committee Chair
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Speaker of the House of Representatives
E.J. Dionne, nationally syndicated columnist and author of Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), ranking member of the House Budget Committee and author of “A Roadmap for America’s Future”
Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS, executive director, NETWORK, a Catholic Social Justice Lobby.
Plus, we have added a panel at which NCR senior correspondent John L. Allen, Jr., currently in Rome, will discuss the fallout from the clergy sex abuse crisis in Europe.
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Health Care Reform: What Now?
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Abortion and the Significance of the Law
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The World We Live In: National Security
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Ridding the World of Nuclear Weapons
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Catholic Education Challenges
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All Roads Lead to Rome: US-Vatican Relations in the 21st Century
PLUS Catholics Confront the Abuse Scandal
