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Program Change


We regret to announce Dennis Ross
Speaker for Thursday February 19 and Friday February 20, had to cancel.


Our speaker will be:
Brian Morra

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The 1983 Nuclear War Scare- the Greatest Nuclear Crisis You’ve Never Heard of

Brian Morra will give historical details about the 1983 nuclear war scare and relate it to the risks we face today.



Biography

Brian Morra is a highly decorated former American intelligence officer and a retired aerospace executive. He is a former Air Force Intelligence officer and was one of the planners of the Desert Storm air campaign. Currently, he is senior advisor to the Bain Company, a senior non-resident fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and Regent at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.

He is the author of the award-winning Able Archers series of historical thrillers. He has written numerous articles for national publications and is an on-air expert in the new Netflix series on the Cold War called Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War. He also contributed his extensive expertise to the newly released CNN/BBC documentary called Secrets and Spies: A Nuclear Game.

He earned degrees from William and Mary, the University of Oklahoma, and Georgetown University. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area and in Florida.