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Austin

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2012

Lunch with Captain Susan Maybaumwisniewski, USN (Ret.), Vice President for Policy, BENS

2011

Dinner with Rear Admiral Garry Bonelli, USNR, Deputy Commander US Naval Special Forces
Lunch with Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey F. Addicott, JAG USA (Ret.), Distinguished Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary's University School of Law
Lunch with Lieutenant Colonel David Barnes, USMCR, Officer in Charge, Marine Wounded Warrior Detachment, Brooke Army Medical Center
Lunch with John Guandolo, Vice President for Strategic Planning for the Strategic Engagement Group

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Dallas – Fort Worth

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2012

Lunch with Scott Greene, Vice President, Ground Vehicles, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Systems
Dinner with Admiral Pat Walsh, USN, (Ret.), former Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet

2011

Lunch with Lieutenant Colonel John McDonough, USMC, former Commanding Officer of the 2^nd Battalion, 2^nd Marines
Dinner with LGen Jerry Boykin, USA (Ret.), former U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence author of Never Surrender: A Soldier's Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom.
Lunch with Rear Admiral Garry Bonelli, USNR, Deputy Commander, US Naval Special Forces
Dinner with David Walker, former Comptroller General of the U.S. and President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Lunch with Colonel David Sutherland, USA, Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Warrior and Family Support
Breakfast with Admiral Pat Walsh, USN, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Visit and tour of F-35 Productions Facilities and F-35 Facilities at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, Texas
Lunch with General Ray Odierno, USA, Commander U.S. Joint Forces Command
Dinner with Rear Admiral David Philman, USN, Director of Naval Integration (N8F)
Lunch with Fred Burton, Vice President for Intelligence, Stratfor and author of Chasing Shadows: A Special Agent’s Lifelong Hunt to Bring a Cold War Assassin to Justice
Lunch John Guandolo, Vice President for Strategic Planning for the Strategic Engagement Group
Lunch with Brigadier General William T. Collins, USMCR, Deputy Commanding General, II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF)
Lunch with Lieutenant Colonel David Barnes, USMCR, Officer in Charge, Marine Wounded Warrior Detachment, Brooke Army Medical Center
Breakfast with Ambassador Jerry P. Lanier, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda
Dinner with Lieutenant General Francis H. Kearney, III, Deputy Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Lunch with Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey F. Addicott, JAG USA (Ret.), Distinguished Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary's University School of Law
Lunch with Laurie Schive, Director of Outreach for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

2010

Lunch with Milt Bearden, retired CIA Case officer and author
Lunch with Major General Jeff Talley, former Commander, 926th Engineer Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the Baghdad Provincial Engineer
Lunch with Marv Fertel, President and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute
Visit and tour of Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant
Lunch with David Walker, former Comptroller General of the U.S. and President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Dinner with Hank Crumpton, former Ambassador for Counterterrorism and former CIA Case Officer
Lunch with Paul Brinkley, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense and Director Task Force for Business and Stability Operations
Lunch with Chief Patrol Agent, Laredo Sector, U.S. Border Patrol

2009

Dinner with General James Mattis, USMC, Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command
Dinner with General James Conway, USMC, 34^th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
Lunch with Tom Burbage, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the F-35 Program Integration at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Lunch with former Captain Donovan Campbell, USMC, author of Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood.
Visit and tour of F-35 Development and Productions Facilities at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, Texas
Dinner with Richard Fisher, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Lunch with Colonel Pete Mansoor, USA (Ret.), Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History and author of Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq
Lunch with General Mike Hagee, USMC (Ret.), 33^rd Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
Lunch with Graham Allison, Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and author of Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis and Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe

2008

Dinner with General Scott Wallace, Commander, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
Lunch with Steve Emerson, Executive Director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism
Lunch with Former Congressman Charlie Wilson, D – Texas
Lunch with Fred Burton, Vice President for Intelligence, Stratfor
Lunch with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R- Texas
Lunch with former Captain Nate Self, USA, author of Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and Within

2007

Lunch with General Jim Jones, USMC (Ret.)
Lunch with Rear Admiral Harry B. Harris, USN, Director of Operations (J3), U.S. Southern Command and former Commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF – GTMO)
Lunch with Lynne Kidder, Senior Vice President for Business Force, BENS
Visit and tour of F-16 Productions Facilities and F-35 Development Facilities at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, Texas
Lunch with Richard Fisher, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

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Houston

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2011

Lunch with Chief Patrol Agent, Rio Grande Sector, U.S. Border Patrol
Lunch with Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey F. Addicott, JAG USA (Ret.), Distinguished Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary's University School of Law
Lunch with Fred Burton, Vice President for Intelligence, Stratfor and author of Chasing Shadows: A Special Agent’s Lifelong Hunt to Bring a Cold War Assassin to Justice
Lunch with Lieutenant Colonel David Barnes, USMCR, Officer in Charge, Marine Wounded Warrior Detachment, Brooke Army Medical Center
Lunch with Lieutenant General Francis H. Kearney, III, Deputy Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Lunch with Laurie Schive, Director of Outreach for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Lunch with Captain Susan Maybaumwisniewski, USN (Ret.), Vice President for Policy, BENS

2010

Lunch with former Captain Nate Self, USA, author of Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and Within
Lunch with Admiral Eric Olson, USN, Commander, U.S. Special Forces Command
Lunch with Lieutenant Colonel John McDonough, USMC, former Commanding Officer of the 2^nd Battalion, 2^nd Marines
Lunch with Colonel Pete Mansoor, USA (Ret.), Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History and author of Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq
Lunch with Paul Brinkley, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense and Director Task Force for Business and Stability Operations

2009

Lunch with General Douglas Fraser, Commander, U.S. Southern Command

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San Antonio

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2012

Breakfast with Captain Susan Maybaumwisniewski, USN (Ret.), Vice President for Policy, BENS

2011

Dinner with Rear Admiral David Philman, USN, Director of Naval Integration (N8F)
Visit and tour of the Center for the Intrepid and Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Detachment at Brooke Army Medical Center

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