U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is one of a number of high-profile speakers who New Mexico State University has lined up for the 2009 Domenici Public Policy Conference it’s holding next month.
Other speakers announced Wednesday by the university include Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Gen. James Cartwright, former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, Nuclear Energy Institute Senior Vice President Alex Flint, and David Walker, former head of the Government Accountability Office and the subject of the documentary “I.O.U.S.A.”
Former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici will also be speaking at the conference, which will be held Sept. 16 and 17.
This is the second year of the conference. Named for New Mexico’s longest-serving senator, who retired last year, NMSU’s Domenici Institute aims to bring together what a news release called “some of the best minds in the country” to focus on significant national issues. This year’s topics will include the U.S. economy and national debt, homeland security and the U.S./Mexico border, national security, and nuclear energy.
“For this conference, we are specifically targeting issues with a real impact on people across the country,” Garrey Carruthers, an NMSU vice president and director of the Domenici Institute, said in the release.
Napolitano will headline the session on homeland security and the U.S./Mexico border the first evening. The following day, Mexico’s perspective on the issue will be covered.
Cartwright and Wilson will speak during the session on national security. Wilson is a former member of the National Security Council.
Walker will speak about the U.S. economy and the national debt. Flint will speak about nuclear energy.
Conference registration costs $25 for most people but is free for students. You can register by clicking here.
For more information, call the Domenici Institute at (575) 646-2066.